Cinemas in the Nigerian capital, Abuja have been asked by the Information Minister Dora Akunyili to stop screening sci-fi blockbuster District 9 as...
Nigerian cinemas to stop showing “District 9”
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Controversial Hosni loses out on Unesco top job
Egypt’s Farouk Hosni has lost the vote to head the United Nations Agency for Education, Culture and Science (Unesco) to Bulgarian Irina Bokova....
Serbian gay pride parade cancelled
A gay pride parade in Belgrade scheduled for 22 September was called off after police told organisers that they could not guarantee their safety....
Mexican editor threatened over swine flu figures
On 14 September Jesús Hernández García, the editor of the Centro Noticias Tamaulipas news website, was threatened and assaulted by officials from...
Swedish paper cleared of anti-semitism charges
On 19 September the Swedish newspaper Aftonbadet was cleared of anti-semitism charges by the Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice. The Israeli government...
Nigerian political editor murdered
On 21 September, an editor at one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers found murdered in his home in Lagos. Bayo Ohu was the associate political editor...
Nigerian police beat reporter into coma
State security officers in Imo state beat Wale Oluoko, a correspondent for Radio Nigeria, was beaten into a comatose state. Oluoko was apparently...
Cuban jailed for YouTube protest sent to psych ward
A Cuban man imprisoned after a YouTube incident was transferred to a psychiatric ward on 17 September. Juan Carlos González was sentenced to two...
Ai Weiwei undergoes brain surgery after beating
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is reported to have had brain surgery after being beaten by police. Read more here
Israel: Human Rights Watch backslides on free speech?
Human Rights Watch’s suspension of military analyst Marc Garlasco under Israeli pressure raises questions about its own commitment to free expression, says Richard Silverstein of Tikun Olam