A leading journalist for the Kommersant newspaper was brutally attacked outside his home in Moscow. Oleg Kashin was put into an induced coma...
Russia: Reporter beaten
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UK: Google breached data privacy laws
The Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has said that Google committed a "significant breach" of the Data Protection Act when it collected...
Malawi: Tabloid banned for not registering
Authorities in Malawi have banned a weekly tabloid newspaper for not registering. The ruling comes a year after The Weekend Times published its...
Turkey lifts YouTube ban
After being blocked for two years YouTube can now be accessed again by Turkish citizens. The Google-owned site was originally banned in May 2008...
Egypt: Opposition supporters detained
Security forces in Alexandria have arrested over 50 people hanging posters in support of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is banned from...
Mexico: Laws to protect journalists improved
Legislators in the state of Ciudad Juarez have voted to impose life sentences on the perpetrators of a wide-range of crimes, including murdering...
Rwanda: Opposition leader charged with terrorism offence
Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been accused of working with a terrorist group. Following her arrest last month, prosecutors now say they...
Angola: Popular radio presenter stabbed
A radio commentator renowned for his popular satirical broadcasts was stabbed in Luanda last Friday. António Manuel Manuel Da Silva is a government...
USA: Analyst sacked after Muslim comments
Juan Williams, a senior news analyst at National Public Radio (NPR), has had his contract terminated following comments he made on Fox News. Last...
Cuba: Hunger strike dissident wins Sakharov Prize
Guillermo Farinas has won the 2010 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union’s most prestigious human rights award. Farinas has...
Vietnam: One blogger arrested, another faces new charges
A political blogger was arrested on Monday. Phan Thanh Hai, who blogs as Saigon Brother Three, was taken from his home in Ho Chi Minh after a police...
Brazil: Crime reporter murdered
A veteran investigative journalist has been killed in the city of Caico. Francisco Gomes de Medeiros was shot five times outside his house last...