On March 4, a reporter and camera operator for Milenio Televisión were kidnapped in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state (northeastern Mexico) while covering a...
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Burma: Junta publishes new election laws
Burma’s junta has set out laws governing the general election promised later this year, the new rules underline fears the vote is intended to...
Chinese government to intervene in Dalai Lama succession
The new Governor of Tibet has said that the Dalai Lama does not have a right to choose his successor and must instead must abide by the...
Togo bans French media
On the eve of this month’s presidential elections, the Togolese government refused to grant accreditation to French media outlets. Reporters without...
Iranian music journalist released on bail
Music journalist Behrang Tonekaboni who was detained by the Iranian authorities two months ago has been released on bail. Tonekaboni was arrested at...
Libel ‘silencing media in Liberia’
Libel lawsuits against Liberia's independent media are being used to silence dissenting voices in the West African country, according to Tom Kamara,...
China still denies links to Google cyber attacks
Investigators looking into web attacks on Google and dozens of other American companies last year have traced the intrusions to computers at...
Sierra Leone: Ten journalists violently attacked by opposition
Ten journalists in Sierra Leone have been assaulted by members of an opposition party during their national conference. The International Federation...
US radio service jammed in Ethiopia
Voice of America’s (VOA) Amharic-language radio broadcasts have been blocked in Ethiopia. The Washington-based broadcaster has been informed by...
Egyptian blogger facing military court
Student and blogger Ahmed Mostafa is facing a military court after a prosecutor announced on 1 March that they would push ahead with charges of...
France 24 suspended in Cote d’Ivoire
The Cote d’Ivoire government suspended transmission of the broadcaster France 24 last week citing the agency’s biased reporting of political unrest...
Editor of Kurdish daily faces 525 years in jail
Vedat Kursun, former editor of Azadiya Welat, has been charged with 105 counts of "helping and abetting [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party] by...