The most recent issue of the French magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" was confiscated by Moroccan authorities after it published an image from the French-Iranian film "Persepolis". The issue, due to be distributed on 2 February, included an article...
Syrian journalist Mazhar Tayyara was killed by government forces' fire in the city of Homs, a centre of the Syrian resistance against President Bashar al-Assad, on 4 February. Tayyara, a stringer for Agence France-Presse and other international...
Brazilian political journalist Mário Randolfo Marques Lopes and his girlfriend were kidnapped and shot dead in the early hours of 9 February in Barra do Piraí, Rio de Janeiro state. Known for being critical of local authorities on his website,...
Malaysian authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the prophet Mohammed on Twitter, it was reported today. Newspaper columnist Hamza Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia after tweeting a mock conversation between himself and the...
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Ten Iranian journalists were arrested in January as the government continued its crackdown on dissent ahead of March's parliamentary elections. Recent reports identified three previously undisclosed arrests. Critical blogger Mehdi Khazali was...
Urdu-language television stations available via cable were suspended in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan province on Wednesday, after the Cable Operators Association received threats from nationalist groups. Babark Khan, president of the...
BBC's Persian TV service has faced further intimidation in Iran. It has been reported that relatives of BBC staff in London have been detained and threatened by Iranian intelligence agents; top presenters have been targeted by rumours; and one...
South Korean prosecutors indicted a social media and free speech activist on Tuesday for reposting tweets from a North Korean government website. Photographer Park Jung-geun was detained last month on charges of violating South Korea’s National...