Turkish police have detained 10 people, many of them journalists, in the latest crackdown on an alleged secularist network, which is accused of...
Turkish police raid journalists’ homes
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Slovak politicians lose right of reply
The Slovak government has made alterations to a controversial media law which guaranteed politicians, readers and state institutions a right of...
Radio presenter suspended in Equatorial Guinea
Juan Pedro Mendene, a radio presenter for the Equatorial Guinean broadcaster RTVGE, has been suspended for mentioning the Libyan uprising on his...
Spanish journalists expelled from Panama
Panamanian authorities have expelled two Spanish journalists who reported on a demonstration against mining law reform. Francesco Gomez Nadal and...
Iran: Journalists in exile receive death threats
While a government crackdown on opposition leaders and activists inside Iran continues, those living in exile have not been spared either. Several...
Ivory Coast: Media threats from rival political camps
Nine independent and anti-government newspapers have suspended publication following harassment from President Laurent Gbagbo supporters. The...
Hungarian police shut down anti-government news portal
Budapest police have suspended the news portal hirhatter.com. It is edited by journalist Arpad Molnar F., whose stated aim is to "expose state...
Venezuelan journalist shot dead
Venezuelan journalist Clara Fernandez has been killed in a shooting in Valencia. She was allegedly caught in crossfire in a fight between two rival...
Pakistan: Minister for minorities assassinated
Shahbaz Bhatti, the minister for religious minorities has been assassinated . Bhatti, a Christian, was a vocal opponent of the controversial...
KGB attempted to recruit Belarusian journalist
Index on Censorship award nomineee Natalia Radzina of Belarus's Charter 97 has revealed that the KGB tried to recruit her as an informant. She...
China: Crackdown on demonstrators and journalists
The police has come down hard on Chinese demonstrators, detaining and putting under arrest hundreds of activists and human rights campaigners....
Russian journalist fired over Hitler comparison
Dmitry Gubin was dismissed from Vesti FM radio station on Friday, after criticising the St Petersburg Governor, Valentina Matviyenko, on his morning...
