An 80-year old head of a banned opposition party in Iran has been ordered to serve eight years in prison. Ebrahim Yazdi, activist and former foreign...
Iran: Elderly revolutionary icon sentenced to eight years in jail
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Togo: Police assault journalists, confiscate equipment
Two journalists filming an anti-government march in the Togolese capital Lomé were attacked by police last week. Freelance journalist Noël Kokou...
Colombia: French journalist suspected kidnapped
Update 02 May 2012: Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) confirmed in a statement today that they are holding French journalist Roméo...
UK: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by ISPs, court rules
The UK High Court has ruled that file-sharing website The Pirate Bay must be blocked by internet service providers. The Swedish site, which...
Thailand: Webmaster’s lese majeste verdict delayed
A verdict in the trial of a webmaster accused of failing to quickly remove online comments deemed insulting to Thailand's royalty has been...
Malaysian columnist fined for defamatory tweets
Green Energy Sources Well-known Malaysian columnist R Nadeswaran has been ordered to pay 500,000 MYR (£101,193) in damages for comments made on...
Chinese petitioner to serve jail time for defaming police officers
On 24 April, Chinese petitioner Hu Lianyou was sentenced to two years in prison for defamation after comments made about a local police chief...
Offices of Nigerian dailies bombed
The offices of daily newspapers in the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Kaduna were bombed on 26 April. In a statement issued yesterday, Nigeria's State...
USA: CISPA cybersecurity bill passed by House of Representatives
Legislation which aims to prevent attacks on USA infrastructure and private companies has been approved, despite objections from Barack Obama's...
Ethiopia: Leading weekly’s website blocked
Access to the website of Ethiopia's leading weekly newspaper has been blocked within the country. The website of privately-owned weekly, The...