Azerbaijani fans of Sacha Baron Cohen are out of luck if they are interested in seeing his latest movie, The Dictator. In the film Baron Cohen plays...
Azerbaijan tells Baron Cohen there’s only one dictator in town
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Malaysia bans and confiscates Irshad Manji book
A new book by controversial Muslim author and activist Irshad Manji was banned in Malaysia this week. Copies of Manji's new book, Allah, Liberty,...
Jailed Bahraini activist writes letter from prison
A Bahraini court today ruled that activist Zainab Alkhawaja will serve an additional month in prison for allegedly attacking a policewoman during...
Report: Bahrain to prosecute online activists for uploading footage of protests
According to pro-government daily Al-Ayam, Bahrain has now announced plans to prosecute citizens who post video footage from protests, or offer a...
Egyptian journalists reportedly beaten while in military custody
Two Egyptian journalists were reportedly beaten while in military custody. Ahmed Ramadan and Islam Abu al-Ezz, of the online independent daily...
United States: Twitter refuses to release tweets of protester
Twitter refused to hand over the tweets of a Occupy Wall Street protester to New York authorities on Monday. The social media giant rejected a court...
Index condemns the arrest of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab
Index on Censorship condemns last night’s arrest of Index’s 2012 Award winner and head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab...
Somali journalist slain by unidentified gunmen
Somali journalist Farhan Jeemis Abdulle was reportedly murdered by two unidentified men on Wednesday evening in Puntland. According to colleagues of...
Why I won’t be going to Bahrain next week
Government changes visa rules to prevent seven rights groups visiting Bahrain next week
Why I won’t be going to Bahrain next week
The Bahraini government has a funny definition of transparency. Despite flowery invitations made during my last visit to the troubled country, an...
Hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja to be retried in civilian court
Bahrain's Court of Cassation yesterday ordered a retrial in a civilian court for activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and twenty other...
Malaysian columnist fined for defamatory tweets
Green Energy Sources Well-known Malaysian columnist R Nadeswaran has been ordered to pay 500,000 MYR (£101,193) in damages for comments made on...