Egypt's SCAF announced on Saturday it will enforce the Emergency Law, which allows civilians, including journalists, to be tried in state security...
Egypt: New media restrictions announced
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Indonesia: Radio station forcibly closed
Radio Era Baru was on Tuesday forcibly closed by police and frequency monitoring officials. The move comes in spite of the fact that last week’s...
Brazil: Radio journalist shot dead
Valderlei Canuto Leandro, host of the show Sinal Verde on Radio Frontera, was murdered by unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle in Tabatinga, located...
UK: Metropolitan police request riot footage
The Metropolitan Police have served a notice of application for a production order on the Guardian seeking "all published and unpublished footage...
South Africa: Malema found guilty of hate speech
A South African court has today found Julius Malema, leader of the youth brigade of the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), guilty of...
Honduras: Radio journalist murdered
Medardo Flores, a Honduran radio journalist who supported former President Manuel Zelaya, was gunned down on the night of 8 September, joining the...
Afghanistan: BBC stringer killed by US soldier, NATO reveals
A BBC stringer who was killed in Afghanistan in July was shot by a US soldier who mistook him for a suicide bomber during a battle against...
Peru: TV journalist dies after attack by gunman
Television journalist Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva died in hospital yesterday from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on Tuesday. While riding home...
China: Rights activist jailed
Chinese rights activist Wang Lihong has been sentenced to nine months in prison for "stirring up trouble". Wang was charged after attending a...
Indonesia: Radio station manager jailed
A sentence of six months and a suspended sentence of another year in prison were handed down on Tuesday to Gatot Machali, manager of Batam-based...
Brazil: Court forbids media group from identifying councilman in public funds scandal
A court in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has prohibited media outlets operated by Grupo RBS from publishing the name or image of...
European court to examine Donkey Bloggers' case
Marta Cooper: European court to examine Donkey Bloggers’ case