While a government crackdown on opposition leaders and activists inside Iran continues, those living in exile have not been spared either. Several...
Mohammad Fakhar Zaman
Ivory Coast: Media threats from rival political camps
Nine independent and anti-government newspapers have suspended publication following harassment from President Laurent Gbagbo supporters. The...
Pakistan's blasphemy law takes another life
Mohammad Fakhar Zaman: Pakistan’s blasphemy law takes another life
China: Crackdown on demonstrators and journalists
The police has come down hard on Chinese demonstrators, detaining and putting under arrest hundreds of activists and human rights campaigners....
Opposition leaders arrested in Iran
Opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives have been arrested and taken to the Heshmatiyeh jail in Tehran, it has...
Oman: Six protesters killed in clashes with police
Pro-reform demonstrators in the industrial town of Sohar have clashed with police, leading to the deaths of six protesters. The protesters,...
India orders suspension of some mobile messaging services
Last week the Indian government ordered telecom operators to suspend all mobile messaging services that cannot be monitored by law enforcement...