Three armed men seized a Syrian blogger and forced her into a car yesterday evening (6 June), her cousin recorded the incident on her website. Amina...
Syrian blogger Amina Abdallah abducted
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Mexico: Missing journalist, Noel Lopez Olguin, found dead
The body of missing Mexican journalist, Noel Lopez Olguin, was found in Veracruz on 1 June. Lopez, a columnist for a small local newspapers, was...
Canada: Student suspended for satirical YouTube videos
A Canadian twelfth grade student has been suspended for posting satirical videos on his own private YouTube account. The animations, criticising...
Bahrain: Ayat al-Gormezi faces tribunal for poetry reading
Ayat al-Gormezi, the 20 year old woman arrested for reading a poem at a pro-democracy rally in Pearl Square, Bahrain, is due to face a military...
UN rapporteur calls for end to criminal defamation laws
The United Nations special rapporteur for free expression Frank La Rue has called for the abolition of criminal defamation laws. Guatemalan lawyer...
UK: Max Mosley renews court bid for new privacy laws
Former motorsport chief Max Mosley has applied to appeal the European Court decision last month that ended his efforts to change Britain's privacy...
Saudi Arabia: Two Shiite bloggers released
Two Shiite bloggers who were arrested for their coverage of peaceful demonstrations in Shia-majority area of Qatif have been released by Saudi...
Yemen: Journalists targeted as clashes continues
Journalists and protesters in Sana’a are facing gunfire and sniper attacks as fighting in Yemen’s capital city intensifies. Private satellite...
Iranian activist, Haleh Sahabi, dies in a fight with authorities
Iranian activist, Haleh Sahabi, 56, died yesterday (1 June) after a scuffle with Iranian security personnel during her father's funeral procession....
China: Government implicated in cyber attacks
A string of highly sophisticated cyber attacks have been launched on the Gmail accounts of a number of Chinese activists as well as US and South...
ACLU demands US high schools remove gay internet censors
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports Gwinnett County schools in Georgia employ a filter, Blue Coat, that blocks access to lesbian, gay,...
King Abdullah orders release of Jordanian journalist
Jordanian journalist, Alaa Fazza, was released from prison Wednesday, on the orders of King Abdullah II yesterday (1 June), the country’s...
