Two activists climbed to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London yesterday. Prominent opposition activist Ali Mushaima was joined by Moosa Abdali...
UK: Activists climb Bahrain Embassy to protest human rights violations and Grand Prix
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Three Vietnamese bloggers charged with spreading “propaganda”
Three established Vietnamese bloggers have been charged with spreading spreading anti-government propaganda. According to AP, Nguyen Van Hai, Phan...
Northern Ireland: Man fined for posting anti-Catholic abuse on Facebook
A man from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was fined £250 for writing "Kill all Taigs" --- a pejorative term for Catholics --- and "Fuck The Pope"...
Comoros: Newspaper supplement withdrawn
The Comoros' interior minister Ahamada Abdallah has withdrawn state daily Al Watan’s latest monthly supplement from distribution and issued a decree...
Vietnam: New online censorship rules drafted
Google, Facebook, and other internet companies may be required cooperate with Vietnamese authorities in removing content from their sites, based on...
Belarus: Activists arrested for laying flowers at Minsk metro station
Activists in Minsk have been arrested for laying flowers and detained by police at Kastrychnitskaya metro station during a ceremony to open a...
Iran: Detained web expert reportedly pressured to work on National Internet project
Mohammad Solimaninya, an Internet and social network expert who has been detained for the past three months, is reportedly being pressured to work...
Eritrea: Detained journalist admitted to hospital
Eritrean journalist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu, in custody since her arrest in February 2009, was admitted to hospital in Asmara earlier this year,...
India: BlackBerry snooping system underway
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has given Indian security forces access to private instant messages. The move follows the setting up of a...
Somaliland: Journalists detained without charge
Two journalists have been detained without charge for over a week. Somaliland authorities arrested Ahmed Ali Farah, a reporter for Royal TV, in the...