A Zimbabwean newspaper is facing a defamation suit from a retired colonel. ZANU-PF member Claudius Makova is suing local paper the Masvingo...
Zimbabwe: Retired colonel launches defamation suit
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Alice Purkiss
Alice Purkiss
Mexico: Slander and libel decreminalised
Slander and libel have been decriminalised by the Mexican Senate. The senate approved the repeal of Articles 1 and 31 of the Crimes Act, with a...
Ukraine: Young news photographer stabbed to death
A young photographer was stabbed to death in Kiev on Monday night. Vitaly Rozvadovsky, a photographer for the Ukrainian weekly 2000, was stabbed at...
Pakistan: Reporter injured in shoot out
A TV journalist in Pakistan was shot and critically injured during a riot on Sunday. Ehsan Kohati, a senior reporter for the Waqt News TV channel...
Ecuador: Twitter user receives warning from government official
A government official in Ecuador has issued a public warning against a Twitter user following posts on the micro-blogging site. Betty Escobar, an...
Vietnam: Blogger Pham Minh Hoang’s jail term reduced
A Vietnamese court have halved the jail sentence of a blogger after international pressure from government's and NGO's. Pham Minh Hoang was...
Ivory Coast: Journalists taken into custody
Three journalists in the Ivory Coast were taken into police custody on Thursday. César Etou, Boga Sivori and Didier Dépry from daily newspaper Notre...
Egypt: Case of hunger striking blogger adjourned again
The retrial of Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil was postponed again on Sunday. The case, which was originally due to be heard on November 1, has been...
Bangladesh: Editor accused of extortion released on bail
The news editor of an online news agency has been released on bail after being held for nearly four months. Ekramul Haq, the editor of recently...
Uganda: Newspaper offices raided, guard killed
Unidentified assailants raided the offices of a Ugandan newspaper and killed a security guard in the early hours of Thursday morning. 80 computers,...
Maldives: Government shuts down blog in climate of growing religious intolerance
The Maldivan government has ordered a ban on the blog of a freelance writer on the grounds it contained anti-Islamic material. The blog...
Thailand: Facebookers who ‘like’ anti-monarchy groups could face trial
A Thai Government minister has warned that Facebook users who 'like' or 'share' pages which denigrate the monarchy could face prosecution. The...