Venezuelan TV channel Globovisión have been accused of hiring paramilitary men to be involved in armed stand-offs on 10 March, resulting in two...
Venezuela: Armed group accuses Globovisión of hiring paramilitaries to create mayhem
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Alice Purkiss
Alice Purkiss
Kazakhstan: Labour rights lawyer Natalia Sokolova released, but with restrictions
A union lawyer freed from prison by authorities in Kazakhstan on 7 March has been banned from resuming her activism. Natalia Sokolova was found...
Burma: Ministry to sue journal over corruption claims
Burma's mining ministry have said they will file a lawsuit against a news journal following allegations of corruption. An article in weekly...
PayPal backtracks on disputed ‘obscene’ e-book policy
Online payment service PayPal have backtracked on a policy against processing sales of e-books containing themes of rape, bestiality or incest....
Syria: Foreign media threatened, journalists missing
Arab and foreign media who are in Syria "illegally" are being threatened by the information ministry. On 9 March, authorities threatened to take...
Egypt: Court clears ‘virginity test’ doctor
A doctor accused of carrying out forced "virginity tests" on female Egyptian protesters has been acquitted by a military court. Ahmed Adel was...
Philippines: Gunmen seriously wound journalist
Gunmen have shot and seriously injured a journalist in the Philippines. Fernan Angeles, a reporter with The Daily Tribune, was beaten and shot six...
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi’s broadcast is censored in poll runup
Burma's opposition leader has been banned from criticising previous governments in TV and radio election campaigns. Aung San Suu Kyi has said...
Liberia: Reporting on genital mutilation draws threats
A female journalist has been threatened with genital mutilation after exposing the practice in Liberia. Mae Azango, a reporter for the daily...
Kuwait: Art exhibition shut down for “controversial” content
An art exhibition in Kuwait has been shut down three hours after opening. A group of men entered the exhibition of a collection of paintings...
Rebecca MacKinnon: Consent of the Networked
Index on Censorship and the Institute for Human Rights and Business host the launch of Rebecca MacKinnon’s new book, Consent of the Networked
Saudi journalist facing the death penalty for his tweets reportedly to be released
A Saudi journalist facing the death penalty for a series of tweets deemed to be blasphemous is reportedly to be released. Hamza Kashgari, who fled...