The editor of the Kyiv Post, Brian Bonner, was reinstated to his post on 19 April after journalists for Ukraine’s leading English newspaper went on...
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Vietnam: Authorities drop charges against blogger
Vietnamese authorities have dropped charges against a female blogger who was detained for :infringing on the interests of the state". She was...
Human rights lawyer freed in China
A leading human rights lawyer who has been critical of the Chinese government returned home yesterday (19 April). Jiang Tianyong, disappeared on 19...
Philippines: Radio journalist face criminal defamation charges
A local city councillor in the Philippines has brought two criminal defamation charges against a radio journalist. Alberto Loyola, who works for...
Angolan journalist released on bail
A freelance journalist in Angola has been released on bail. Armando José Chicoca was sentenced to one year in prison on March 3 for reporting on...
China: Ai Weiwei campaign website attacked by hackers
Change.org, a website which runs an online petition calling for the release of Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, has been hit by DDoS (Distributed Denial...
Malaysia: Sites brought down by cyber-attacks
On 15 April, a number of opposition and news websites were subject to attacks by hackers causing them to crash. The distributed denial of service...
UAE: Fourth pro-democracy activist detained
Human rights lawyers say the authorities on Friday (15 April) detained an activist participating in an online forum that called for free elections...
Security forces kill three in Syria
Syrian security forces killed three people on Sunday (17 April) when they opened fire on mourners attending the funeral of another slain protester....
Syria: Freelance journalist arrested
The Syrian authorities have arrested an Algerian freelance journalist working for a French radio station. Khaled Sid Mohnad was picked up on 9 April...
Syria: Three people shot dead during protests
At least three protestors were shot dead and many more wounded during protests in the port city of Banias on Sunday (10 April). Human rights groups...
Sudan: Newspapers halt publication in protest at state censorship
Two independent Sudanese newspapers, al-Maidan and Ajras al-Hurriya, are halting publication in protest at government censorship. Whilst Ajras has...