Mordechai Vanunu, the former Israeli nuclear plant technician who spent 18 years in prison for exposing the country’s nuclear arsenal, was jailed...
Mordechai Vanunu jailed again in Israel
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Anonymous member jailed over Scientology cyber attacks
Brian Mettenbrink of Nebraska was sentenced this week to one year in prison and a $20,000 fine for orchestrating the DDoS attacks against the Church...
News reader quits in protest at Berlusconi
Maria Luisa Busi, presenter of the TG1 evening news programme on Rai 1 has quit her job in protest at prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s control of...
Pakistan: Nationalists attack news offices
Hundreds of activists from the Sindh Nationalists Party launched a sit-in outside the offices of the Daily Jang and Geo News TV channel in Karachi...
Swaziland: Opposition leader charged with terrorism
The leader of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), an opposition party, has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences following...
Tibet: School bans “separatist” ringtones
A high school near the city of Shigatse in Tibet has banned teachers and pupils from having "separatist" ringtones on their mobile phones after they...
Quebec to ban niqab
Quebec's legislature has introduced a bill which could ban woman wearing the niqab face veil if they wish to access public services in the province....
Egypt: Minister accuses journalist of libel
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit filed a lawsuit against opposition writer Hamdi Kandil for insult and libel on 19 May. Kandil wrote an...
Bahrain suspends al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera was suspended from operating in Bahrain on 19 May. The government said the news channel was "flouting the laws regulating the press and...
Honduran judges dismissed for political reasons
On May 12, the Honduran supreme court ratified its earliar decision to dismiss four lower-court judges who are members of Judges for Democracy, a...
Film-maker’s arrest an “attack on art”
Film-maker Jafar Panahi has been imprisoned in Iran since 1 March after the government accused him of making a documentary about last year’s...
Tibet: Photocopying to require ID registration
Anyone wishing to reproduce printed or written material in Lhasa will have to undergo real-name ID registration due to a new ruling announced on 10...