Category: <span>minipost</span>

El Salvador: Gang member sentenced to 30 years for cameraman murder

Gang member Jonathan Martínez Castro was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a San Salvador court on 31 May for the murder of Canal 33 cameraman...

Belarus: Journalist assaulted and detained by authorities

by Marta Cooper | 08 Jun 12

Belarusian authorities assaulted and interrogated Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Ina Studzinskaja while she was covering a meeting of...

Venezuela: Third news outlet attacked in a week

by Marta Cooper | 08 Jun 12

The headquarters of Venezuelan newspaper Versión Final, in the city of Maracaibo, was shot at nine times on 3 June, making the attack the third of...

Mexico: Constitutional amendment makes attacks on press a federal offence

by Marta Cooper | 08 Jun 12

A constitutional amendment was given final approval in Mexico yesterday [7 June] making attacks on the press a federal offence in Mexico. The...

China: Dissident found dead

by Marta Cooper | 07 Jun 12

Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, who was jailed for over 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, was found dead in a hospital ward in...

Yemeni journalist jailed for Facebook posts

by Sara Yasin | 07 Jun 12

A Yemeni court on Monday sentenced journalist Majed Karoot to one year in prison and fined him YR 200,000 for criticising local government officials...

Mexico: Columnist threatened after criticising presidential candidate

by Marta Cooper | 07 Jun 12

Political columnist Katia D’Artigues, of Mexican newspaper El Universal, has said she and her son have received death threats via Twitter for having...

Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab re-arrested

by Sara Yasin | 07 Jun 12

Index on Censorship award winner Nabeel Rajab was re-arrested yesterday for allegedly insulting citizens of a predominantly Sunni village on the...

UK: Spectator fined after admitting reporting breach

by Marta Cooper | 07 Jun 12

The Spectator has been ordered to pay £5,600 after admitting a November 2011 article about the trial of Stephen Lawrence's killers breached a court...

Belarus: Andrei Sannikov not allowed to leave country

by Marta Cooper | 07 Jun 12

Former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was removed from a train travelling from Minsk to Vilnius at a station near the Lithuanian...