A Syrian citizen journalist who has been detained by authorities since Wednesday has reportedly been tortured during his arrest. Ali Mahmoud Othman,...
Syria: citizen journalist detained, reportedly tortured
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Alice Purkiss
Alice Purkiss
Authorities ban books at Bahrain International Book Fair
Bahraini authorities banned several books from the country's international book fair, which was held between 22 March and 1 April. The Press and...
Bahrain: Journalist Ahmed Ismael Hassan al-Samadi dies as violence continues
A citizen journalist who was shot during a peaceful protest in Bahrain has died in hospital. Ahmed Ismael Hassan al-Samadi was shot in the thigh...
China: Journalist, critic, reportedly jailed
Reports have emerged suggesting a Chinese blogger who criticised a public official in his personal blog was secretly sentenced to prison in 2010....
Tunisia: Al Jazeera journalist expelled from meeting, attacked
A Tunisian journalist was physically attacked after being ejected from a political meeting last week. Al Jazeera journalist Lotfi Hajji was...
China: Detained human rights lawyer ‘alive and well’
A Chinese human rights lawyer has been visited in prison by his family for the first time since he disappeared over two years ago. Gao Zhisheng,...
Brazil: Two journalists murdered
Two Brazilian journalists were murdered near the Paraguayan border over the weekend. Onei de Moura, owner of weekly newspaper Costa Oeste was...
Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat wins Arts Award
Recognising artists, filmmakers and writers whose work asserts artistic freedom and battles against repression and injustice Accepting the award Ali...
Freedomfone win the Innovation Award sponsored by Google
Freedomfone by Kubatana accept the Innovation Award, which recognises innovation and original use of new technology to circumvent censorship and...
Idrak Abbasov wins Guardian journalism award
Azerbaijani journalist Idrak Abbasov wins the journalism award, which recognises investigative journalism of dogged determination across a range of...
Memorial win the Index 40th Anniversary award
Index singles out the Research and Information Centre Memorial, which logs the brutal repression suffered by millions in former Soviet countries, for their continued dedication to guaranteeing freedom of information
Senior police officer supports investigator's Suffolk Strangler case claim
Alice Purkiss: Senior police officer supports investigator’s Suffolk Strangler case claim