Category: <span>minipost</span>

Swiss television crew detained in Qatar

by Intern | 21 Apr 11

ASwiss television channel claimed on 18 April that two of its reporters were detained without charge in Qatar for 13 days. The RTS network alleges...

Jordan: News office raided

by Intern | 21 Apr 11

Six men raided the office of a news website, Al-Muharrir, in Amman on 19 April. Unidentified men broke into the personal office of editor-in-chief...

Ukraine: Editor reinstated after protests by journalists

by Intern | 21 Apr 11

The editor of the Kyiv Post, Brian Bonner, was reinstated to his post on 19 April after journalists for Ukraine’s leading English newspaper went on...

Vietnam: Authorities drop charges against blogger

by Intern | 21 Apr 11

Vietnamese authorities have dropped charges against a female blogger who was detained for :infringing on the interests of the state". She was...

Human rights lawyer freed in China

by Intern | 21 Apr 11

A leading human rights lawyer who has been critical of the Chinese government returned home yesterday (19 April). Jiang Tianyong, disappeared on 19...

Philippines: Radio journalist face criminal defamation charges

by Intern | 20 Apr 11

A local city councillor in the Philippines has brought two criminal defamation charges against a radio journalist. Alberto Loyola, who works for...

US company suing cardiologist for libel goes out of business

by Emily Butselaar | 20 Apr 11

NMT Medical, the US company which pursued cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst in the London libel courts for almost four years, has announced that it is...

Azerbaijan: Swedish TV crew arrested then deported

by Index on Censorship | 19 Apr 11

Azerbaijani officials detained three Swedish TV journalists while they were preparing to cover an opposition demonstration in Baku on 17 April. The...

Angolan journalist released on bail

by Intern | 19 Apr 11

A freelance journalist in Angola has been released on bail. Armando José Chicoca was sentenced to one year in prison on March 3 for reporting on...

China: Ai Weiwei campaign website attacked by hackers

by Intern | 19 Apr 11

Change.org, a website which runs an online petition calling for the release of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, has been hit by DDoS (Distributed Denial...