Prominent Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, and his wife are reported to have been severely beaten by security officials after a secretly recorded...
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Engineer killed in attack on Mexican television station
On 9 February, two separate attacks were launched on a TV station and a radio station in Coahuila. Technician Rodolfo Ochoa was killed in the...
Myanmar Times editor detained in Burma
Ross Dunkley, the Australian editor-in-chief and co-owner of the English daily newspaper Myanmar Times, has been held in Burma on immigration and...
Ukrainian journalist recovers some seized equipment
Journalist and blogger Olena Bilozerska has managed to recover some of the equipment and material which was illegally seized from her home in Kiev...
Iran jams BBC Persian Television
Iran has jammed the BBC's Persian Television service following its coverage of political unrest in Egypt. The electronic signal jamming satellites...
Jordan: Top news site disabled by hackers
Jordan's most visited news website, Ammonnews, was frozen by hackers for several hours on Monday. The cyber attack came a day after the website had...
DR Congo: Radio station closed for reporting crime spree
Local authorities have shut down a community radio station, Radio du Peuple Oïcha, after callers to a phone-in show criticised the local security...
Bulletstorm game censored in Germany
Video game Bulletstorm will be released in heavily-censored form in Germany. Regulators will remove several features from the full version,...
Egypt: New accreditation rules for journalist
Egyptian authorities have started confiscating existing press cards from journalists and asking them to contact the Ministry of Information to...
Ukrainian official rebuked for locking reporter in utility room
Kyiv's city general architect has been officially reprimanded for locking a journalist in a room during a council meeting. The incident took place...
Opposition journalist beaten in Tajikistan
An opposition journalist has been hospitalised after being attacked near his home in Dushanbe. Khikmatullo Saifullozoda is the editor of the...
Guardian journalist expelled from Russia
The Guardian's Moscow correspondent has been expelled from Russia. Luke Harding attempted to re-enter Russia on the weekend, instead his visa was...