Police in Uganda raided the offices of Prime General Supply Limited, the publishers of a bi-weekly newspaper which is critical of the National...
Uganda: Police storm printing press
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Belarus: Russian reporter expelled
Russian reporter Rodion Marinichev was yesterday arrested, stripped of his press accreditation and given 24 hours to leave the Belarus. He has been...
Burundi: Freed journalist vows to expose prison conditions
A journalist who was imprisoned for 10 months for "publishing "information that discredits the state and economy" has vowed expose overcrowding in...
Russia: Suspect arrested in Anna Politkovskaya murder
Russian authorities arrested Rustam Makhmudov in Chechyna on Tuesday (31 May). He is suspected of shooting Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya to...
Georgia: 17 journalists brutally attacked by police
A number of Georgian journalists claim they were attacked by a Special Forces police unit who broke up a protest on 26 May. Officers surrounded them...
Bahrain: Human rights activist missing
Human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, was summoned to a military court just hours before Bahrain was due to lift its emergency law. He is now...
Uganda: Website editor charged with criminal libel
A journalist appeared in Kampala Magistrates Court yesterday charged with criminal libel. Timothy Kalyegira, the editor of Uganda Record, a website...
Pakistan: Journalist Saleem Shahzad murdered
According to Pakistani news sources, the body of the Pakistan bureau chief for Asia Times Online, has been found. He had been missing since Sunday....
Chinese officials seek to stifle protests in Inner Mongolia
Protesters took to the streets on Monday (30 May) in Inner Mongolia after Han Chinese coal truck drivers killed a Mongolian herder who attempted to...
China tightens television censorship
Hunan Broadcasting System, one of China’s largest television networks, has told the Financial Times it will reduce entertainment content and revamp...
US senator blocks controversial anti-piracy legislation
Just hours after the PROTECT IP Act passed unanimously in the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon placed...
EU plan to fight piracy may lead to internet policing, say critics
The European Commission’s plan to tackle internet copyright infringements, such as illegal media downloads, would require internet service providers...
