The Guardian has revealed that the News of the World hacked Sara Payne's phone, which Rebekah Brooks had given her as a gift. Payne had previously...
News of the World hacked Sarah Payne’s mother’s phone
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Laura MacPhee
Laura MacPhee
Turkish court censors book before publication
An Istanbul court has ordered the seizure of all of investigative journalist Ahmet Sik's work on his incomplete book The Army of the Imam. His...
OSCE report finds Turkey is holding 57 journalists in prison
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has published a report revealing that there are currently 57 journalists imprisoned in...
Cuba: Reuters journalist accused of collaborating with CIA
Cuba has accused a Reuters journalist of collaborating with a US diplomat thought to be a CIA agent. The allegation was made by Cuban state...
Belarus: Natalia Radzina seeking asylum abroad
Belarusian journalist Natalia Radzina has revealed that she is seeking political asylum in a foreign country. She has declined to comment on where...
More than 200 protesters beaten and detained in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police arrested more than 200 opposition protesters during Saturday's demonstrations in Baku. They were calling for the resignation of...
Syria: Reuters photographer released after six days
Syrian authorities have released Reuters photographer Khaled al-Hariri. The Syrian national had been held for six days. He was arrested as he...
Libya releases Al Jazeera journalist
Al Jazeera reporter Lotfi Al Masoudi has been released after being detained by Libyan forces. He was one of four journalists who were arrested on 19...
Mexico: Two journalists murdered
Two journalists, José Luis Cerda Meléndez and Luis Emanuel Ruíz Carrillo, have been murdered in the northern state of Nuevo León. Cerda was a...
Czech Republic grants asylum to Belarusian opposition candidate
Belarusian politician Ales Mikhalevich has been granted political refugee status in the Czech Republic. He was imprisoned after running against...
Belarus: Journalists arrested
Reporters Aleksandr Lomashkin and Ales Asiptsu were arrested in separate incidents on Thursday, 24 March. Both were detained on the eve of "Freedom...
Azerbaijani reporter kidnapped and beaten
Eminent opposition journalist Seymur Haziyev was abducted and beaten on Saturday night (26 March). He was attacked by six masked men and tortured...