Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in Abidjan on Tuesday, killing four people. They were protesting against the deaths of seven female protesters and marking International Women's Day. Ivory Coast has seen an increase in violence...
Security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters trying to join a camp at the University of Sana'a, killing one and injuring 100. The police were accused of using tear gas and rubber bullets, and firing live rounds into the crowd....
Zahid Hussein, a cameraman for Express News TV, was beaten by the police for filming during clashes between armed groups in Peshawar. He was attacked after police noticed him filming them beating a man, Hussein said. He also had his camera...
Blogger and human rights activist, Sultan al-Khalaifi, has been detained by security forces after criticising the country's censorship rules on his blog. Khalaifi, who is founder of a rights group campaigning on cases of detention in Qatar, has...
Two prominent pro-democracy cyber activists were last week detained for calling for Middle East style demonstrations in Vietnam. Nguyen Dan Que who is 69, and Nguyen Van Ly who suffers from brain tumour, were detained after criticising the...
Two journalists, Nedem Sener and Ahmet Sik, were sentenced to prison on Sunday pending an investigation into allegations that the military attempted to overthrow the Turkish government in 2003. About 60 journalists are currently imprisoned and...
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has announced a ban on all protests and marches in the kingdom, warning that security forces will come down hard on any demonstrators. Thousands of additional troops have been sent to the restive eastern province of...
Armando José Chicoca, a freelance journalist, has been given a one year prison sentence and fined US $2,100 for reporting on sexual harassment allegations against a top judicial official. His report, aired on Voice of America, included references...
José Cadena, owner of the weekly "El Vocero" newspaper, based in northeastern Ecuador, faces a lawsuit for publishing allegations of bribery and embezzlement against the local prefect, Orlando Grefa. The newspaper claims it has stopped receiving...
With its strict regulation law, Turkey has become the land of internet censorship, argues Dr Yaman Akdeniz
BBC Radio and Radio France International (RFI) are now off air in Ivory Coast. The government of Laurent Gbagbo denies taking action against the radio stations, but in the past the government has blocked both these stations. Pro- and...
Juan Pedro Mendene, a radio presenter for the Equatorial Guinean broadcaster RTVGE, has been suspended for mentioning the Libyan uprising on his radio show. His live show was halted on the orders of Federico Abaga Ondo, the Secretary of State for...