Journalist Saeed Hajjarian was freed from Evin prison in Tehran on 30 September after paying bail. Hajjarian was arrested at his home on the night...
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Morocco: crackdown on royal cartoon
The Moroccan government is suing daily newspaper Akhbar Al Youm after it published a cartoon of Prince Moulay Ismail. The government said the...
Bahrain: government orders over 1,000 websites blocked
On 23 September, the government has announced plans to block 1040 websites, referring to a resolution which states that all telecommunications...
Brown caught out on Iraq “lessons learned”
On a visit to Iraq, Gordon Brown said he asked the cabinet secretary to make two major changes in the way intelligence is used. But when Chris Ames investigated the story, he discovered that Brown had done no such thing.
Iraq play wins Amnesty award
A play which looks at the war in Iraq from three different viewpoints has won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. Palace of the...
Protests over Facebook immigrant game
Following user protests, Facebook has decided to shut down gaming application "Bounce The Illegal Immigrant Back". The game was posted by Renzo...
Israel says Swedish paper is libellous
Israelis have reacted furiously to an allegation in a Swedish newspaper that its soldiers have killed Palestinians in order to harvest their organs....
Journalists banned from Gaza hospitals and Rafah
The Hamas interior ministry has denied Palestinian and foreign journalists access to the southern city of Rafah and to all hospitals in the Gaza...
Iran: reformist newspaper shut down
The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran’s senior leaders by publicising claims...
Iran bails French teaching assistant
Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month's presidential election. A statement...