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...
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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...
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...
Iranian web designer sentenced to death
Iranian authorities have sentenced a web designer to death for allegedly creating a pornographic website. Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, 35, was...
Ukraine: Prosecutor won’t lay further charges in Gongadze’s murder
The prosecutor general's office has completed its investigation into the role that Oleksiy Pukach, a former intelligence office played in the murder...
Saudi law professor held over royal family report
Mohammed Abdallah Al-Abdulkarim, a law professor at Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, was detained on 5 December after he wrote an article alleging...
Turkey: Nervin Berktaş tried in connection with controversial book
Writer Nevin Berktaş, author of the book "Difficult places that challenge the faith: Prison Cells" (published by Yediveren Yayınları in 2010), is...
Russia: Editor of local newspaper shot and wounded
Khusein Shadiyev, editor of Serdalo newspaper (Ingushetia – North Caucasus) has been hospitalised with a gunshot wound on Monday, ITAR-TASS...