Zahid Hussein, a cameraman for Express News TV, was beaten by the police for filming during clashes between armed groups in Peshawar. He was...
Pakistan: TV cameraman beaten by police
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Investigative journalist wins damages in libel case against NUJ
Suzanne Breen has been awarded damages in her libel case against the National Union of Journalists. She brought an action for defamation against the...
Remaining ‘Black Spring’ journalist released in Cuba
Cuban reporter Pedro Arguelles Moran has been released from prison on parole. He is the last of the journalists jailed during the 2003 "Black...
Human rights activist detained in Qatar
Blogger and human rights activist, Sultan al-Khalaifi, has been detained by security forces after criticising the country's censorship rules on his...
Vietnam: Pro-democracy cyber activists detained
Two prominent pro-democracy cyber activists were last week detained for calling for Middle East style demonstrations in Vietnam. Nguyen Dan Que who...
Government officials unnamed in Gongadze murder case
A Ukrainian court of appeal has prohibited any further attempts to identify the senior government officials alleged to be behind online journalist...
Turkish journalists jailed
Two journalists, Nedem Sener and Ahmet Sik, were sentenced to prison on Sunday pending an investigation into allegations that the military attempted...
Saudi Arabia: Protests and marches banned
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has announced a ban on all protests and marches in the kingdom, warning that security forces will come down hard on...
Angola: Journalist given prison sentence in defamation case
Armando José Chicoca, a freelance journalist, has been given a one year prison sentence and fined US $2,100 for reporting on sexual harassment...
Belarus: British actors put on blacklist
Influential US and British actors and musicians including Oscar winners Kevin Spacey and Kelvin Kline, the Pet Shop Boys, Jude Law, Sienna Miller,...
Ecuador: Journalist faces lawsuit over allegations of corruption
José Cadena, owner of the weekly "El Vocero" newspaper, based in northeastern Ecuador, faces a lawsuit for publishing allegations of bribery and...
Ivory Coast: Foreign radio stations go off air
BBC Radio and Radio France International (RFI) are now off air in Ivory Coast. The government of Laurent Gbagbo denies taking action against the...
