Prominent Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and his wife are reported to have been severely beaten by security officials after a secretly recorded...
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Engineer killed in attack on Mexican television station
On 9 February, two separate attacks were launched on a TV station and a radio station in Coahuila. Technician Rodolfo Ochoa was killed in the...
Myanmar Times editor detained in Burma
Ross Dunkley, the Australian editor-in-chief and co-owner of the English daily newspaper Myanmar Times, has been held in Burma on immigration and...
Ukrainian journalist recovers some seized equipment
Journalist and blogger Olena Bilozerska has managed to recover some of the equipment and material which was illegally seized from her home in Kiev...
Iran jams BBC Persian Television
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Burma: Senior reporter jailed for 13 years
Maung Maung Zeya, a senior photo and video journalist for the Democratic Voice of Burma has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He had led a team...
Hungary’s leading daily newspaper challenges media law
Hungary's largest circulation daily newspaper, Nepszabadsag, is challenging the controversial new media law in the country's Constitutional Court....
Ivory Coast: Death threats to journalists
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Jordan: Top news site disabled by hackers
Jordan's most visited news website, Ammonnews, was frozen by hackers for several hours on Monday. The cyber attack came a day after the website had...
DR Congo: Radio station closed for reporting crime spree
Local authorities have shut down a community radio station, Radio du Peuple Oïcha, after callers to a phone-in show criticised the local security...
Bulletstorm game censored in Germany
Video game Bulletstorm will be released in heavily-censored form in Germany. Regulators will remove several features from the full version,...
Syria unblocks Facebook and Youtube
Syria has restored access to video sharing website youtube and social networking website facebook. Access to youtube had been blocked in August 2007...
