On Saturday the Agence France-Presse bureau in Amman was attacked. The office was reportedly stormed by a dozen men armed with clubs who smashed...
Jordan: News agency stormed after reporting on attack on King Abdallah
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Belarus: Human rights activist reportedly “tortured” in prison
Human rights activist, Mikita Likhavid, is being tortured in prison according to claims made by the Belarus opposition group Youth Front. In March...
Foreign activists attacked in Azerbaijan
American journalist Amanda Erickson and British activist Celia Davies Carys were followed home and beaten by four men on 15 June in Baku. The women...
Sierra Leone: Policeman arrested over journalist’s death
A policeman was arrested yesterday (16 June) as the key suspect in the killing of Ibrahim Foday, a journalist for Exclusive newspaper. Foday was...
Belarus: Journalist faces four years in prison for “insulting the president”
Andrey Pochobut, a correspondent for the Polish newspaper GazetaWyborcza who stands accused of defamation and “insulting the president”, is facing a...
Bahrani government to sue the Independent for libel
Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority today announced it has commissioned a UK-based legal firm to file a defamation case against the Independent...
Turkey: Thirty-two computer hackers arrested in police raids
Turkish police yesterday arrested 32 computer hackers who are suspected of links with the anti-government hacker collective, Anonymous. Over the...
Bangladesh: Anti-government protesters arrested in second general strike this month
At least 50 anti-government protesters were jailed in Bangladesh yesterday after the authorities broke up the second general strike staged this...
Bahrain: Woman beaten and jailed for poetry reading
Twenty-year-old student, Ayat al-Gormezi, who recited poems critical of Bahrain’s rulers at a Shia-led protest in Pearl Square has been sentenced to...
Turkey: Editor accused of “exceeding the limits of freedom of expression”
Ahmet Altan, the editor of liberal daily paper Taraf has appeared in court after he was accused of "exceeding the limits of freedom of expression"...
Indian journalist slain
Jyotirmoy Dey, the investigations editor for the daily paper Mid day based in Mumbai was shot dead by four men on 11 June. He had recently written a...
Uzbekistan: Libel trial raises questions over EU conduct
Recent developments in a libel trial involving Uzebkistan's first family have raised concerns about the EU's involvement with the Karimov family....
