A prominent journalist in the Maldives is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck. Ismail "Hilath" Rasheed had his throat slit by an attacker on Monday evening, with the knife missing a vital artery by millimetres. In...
An Azerbaijani blogger who had spent 15 months in prison for criticising the government was granted an early release by the supreme court on Monday. Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was arrested in March 2011 after calling on social networks for an...
A vote in the Malawi Parliament has led to the repeal of an amendment to the country's penal code which banned any news "not in the public interest". Though amendment to Article 46 of the penal code was introduced in 2010, and was passed last year,...
Ten suspects have been arrested as part of the investigation into the murder of Alfredo Villatoro in Honduras, including one policeman. Villatoro was kidnapped earlier this month, and his body was found dumped, dressed in police uniform. He had...
Controversial painting of South African President Jacob Zuma has been given an age restriction. The piece entitled "The Spear" which displays the president with his genitals exposed, has been given a 16N rating by The Film and Publication Board,...
A woman who joked on Facebook that she planned to squirt the Olympic flame with a water pistol has been issued with a warning by police. Helen Perry posted the joke on a local newspaper page, and was contacted by the police several weeks later. In...
Burma's heavy censorship rules are set to be lifted later this month, it has been announced. Tint Swe, head of the Press Scrutinisation and Registration Department (PSRD) has said that the iron grip currently experienced by the Burmese press will...
Critical TV and radio stations in Ecuador have been closed down, after authorities stormed the offices and seized equipment. Authorities of the Police and the Telecommunications Superintendence (SUPERTEL) in the North East of Ecuador closed TV...
Colombian rebel group Farc has freed a French reporter, just over one month after they took him hostage. Roméo Langlois was kidnapped during a fire fight between the rebels and Colombia's military forces on on 28 April, and has been held captive...
A local TV correspondent has been murdered in Pakistan, while another has had his house attacked. Abdul Qadir Hajizai, a correspondent for a Balochi-language TV channel WASH TV, was shot by men on motorcycles on 27 May as he headed home from work....