A popular Iranian singer has been sentenced to a year in prison after releasing pro-opposition songs online. During the protests that occurred in...
Iranian singer Arya Aramnejad sentenced to a year in jail
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EU parliament votes to monitor internet censorship and create rights tzar
The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a human rights resolution which calls for new rules to monitor internet censorship under...
Germany: Journalists threatened by Salafist group
A radical Muslim group released a video threatening a number of German journalists last week. The Salafist group named journalists from newspapers...
Nigeria: Gunmen kill cameraman
A cameraman has been shot and killed at the home of a couple whose wedding he was filming in Nigeria. Chuks Ogu, who had worked for privately-owned...
Brazil: Police officer killed while investigating journalist’s murder
A police officer investigating a journalist’s murder was shot dead on Saturday by two men on a motorcycle in Ponta Porã on the Brazil-Paraguay...
Azerbaijan: Index award-winning journalist Idrak Abbasov brutally beaten
Azerbaijani journalist and Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally assaulted today and remains in hospital.
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Russia: “Truth about Russians” video deemed extremist
A video posted online titled "All the Truth about Russians," was ruled extremist by a Novosibirsk court on Monday. The video, posted on social...
Namibia: Journalist wins libel case against Swapo
Freelance journalist John Grobler has won a libel case against Namibia's ruling Swapo party. On Friday (13 April), the party was ordered to pay...
Russia: St Petersburg “gay censor” court case postponed
A St Petersburg judge has postponed a hearing faced by chairman of the Russian LGBT Network and an independent attorney under the city's new...
India: University professor arrested over anti-Mamata cartoons
A university protester has been arrested for allegedly spreading derogatory cartoons against "respectable persons" in India. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a...