Police in Kent, England have arrested a man after he posted a picture of a burning Remembrance Day poppy on Facebook. According to the Kent Police...
Man arrested for poppy burning Facebook picture
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Iranian blogger detained for criticising regime dies in custody
Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti was allegedly tortured to death in a prison in Tehran on Thursday (8 November). Beheshti, 35 was arrested on 28...
UK: Man sentenced to 100 hours of community service for shouting at Prime Minister
A man who shouted "no ifs, not buts, no public sector cuts" at Prime Minister David Cameron during a speech in Glasgow in July has been sentenced to...
Greece: Investigative journalist acquitted
Investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, whose Hot Doc magazine published a leaked list (nicknamed the “Lagarde list") of over 2,000 names of...
Greece: Another journalist arrested as crackdown continues
Greek journalist Spiros Karatzaferis was arrested today (31 October) for after threatening to publish damaging allegations about the country's...
Polish rocker faces religious offence charge
Polish heavy metal singer Adam Darski, AKA Nergal, could face two years in prison for tearing a bible on stage. Nergal, singer with Behemoth,...
Bahrain bans all protests
Bahrain has banned all demonstrations following clashes between police and anti-government protestors on Monday (29 October). Interior minister...
Azerbaijan: 100 protesters arrested during crackdown on rally
One hundred protesters were arrested today by security forces in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. The organisers of the protest decided to make their way...
Top pianist tried in Turkey for “offensive” tweets
Fazil Say, a Turkish pianist and composer, was put on trial in Istanbul today (18 October) for insulting Islam in Twitter posts. The musician is...
Four arrested in Bahrain for “social media abuse”
The Bahrain Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four people for defaming public figures on social media today (17 October), with authorities...