Two supporters of opposition candidates in the upcoming presidential election in Belarus have been attacked in the Western region of Hrodna. Kiryl...
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Kuwait: Al Jazeera office shut down
Al Jazeera's office in Kuwait City has been shut down after the news channel broadcast footage of police brutality against members of the...
Iran: Union activist denied bail despite hunger strike
Labour activist, Reza Shahabi remains in custody despite the payment of bail USD 100,000 by his family. Shahabi, who was detained on 12 June, was...
South Africa: Jacob Zuma sues newspaper over cartoon
South African president, Jacob Zuma has filed a $440,000 defamation lawsuit over a cartoon depicting him as a rapist of the justice system. The...
Turkey: Editor of Kurdish women’s magazine arrested
Berivan Eker, former editor of the women's magazine Renge Heviya Jine, has been arrested on charges of "spreading propaganda for an illegal...
Russia: Mikhail Beketov cleared of slander
A Russian court has overturned a slander verdict against investigative reporter Mikhail Beketov. On Friday (Dec 10) a Khimki court reversed last...
Iran: Two more journalists detained
The Iranian authorities have arrested former journalist Mehran Faraji, and Reyhaneh Tabatabaei, Shargh newspaper's political correspondent. Last...
Iran: Workers at reformist newspaper detained
Security authorities raided into the office of reformist newspaper Shargh on 7 December and detained journalists Keyvan Mehregan, Farzaneh Roostayi...
Croatia: newspaper owner arrested
Robert Ježić, majority owner of the Croatian daily Novi List, was arrested in Zagreb yesterday. His arrest is thought to be connected with the...
Iranian “blogfather” released on bail
According to Iranian news website Mashregh, Hossein Derakhshan, known as Iran's "blogfather" has been released on a bail of $1.5 million after 26...
Belarusian journalist arrested during anti-Lukashenko demonstration
Anton Taras, journalist with Belapan news agency, was arrested yesterday (8 Dec) while trying to photograph a demonstrator participating in an...
Pakistan: Two journalists killed by suicide bomber
Two journalists were among 50 people killed by suicide bombers on December 6. Abdul Wanab, from Express News and Pervez Khan Waqt TV died and a...
