At least two journalists have been injured whilst covering violent clashes between police and residents in Azerbaijan. During protests calling for...
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UK: Ryan Giggs loses privacy damages claim against the Sun
A damages claim by Manchester United and Wales footballer Ryan Giggs against the Sun newspaper was thrown out by the High Court today. Giggs claimed...
Senegal: Journalists threatened, assaulted amid election
A number of attacks and threats have been made against journalists covering the Sengalese presidential elections. At least 12 incidents of threats...
Somalia: Radio journalist murdered
A radio journalist has been shot dead by two unidentified men in Somalia. Abukar Hassan Mohamoud, nicknamed Kadaf, was the manager of...
Syria: Paul Conroy escape Homs
UPDATE 15:37 28/02/11: France's President Sarkozy has said that Le Figaro correspondent Edith Bouvier has escaped Homs and is in Lebanon. This has...
Afghanistan: Radio journalist beheaded
An Afghan radio journalist was beheaded on Tuesday night in the southeast province of Paktika, Afghanistan. AFP quoted a local official as saying...
Dominican Republic: Proposed law would fine, jail “unqualified” journalists
Mandatory membership to a professional body for journalists has been proposed in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Journalism Guild (CDP)...
Cuba: Ladies in White prevented from marking activist’s death
Cuban authorities yesterday prevented members of women's organisation Ladies in White from entering a building in downtown Havana for an event...
Tunisia: Newspaper executive Nasreddine Ben Saida released
A Tunisian court today released Nasreddine Ben Saida, general director of the Arabic-language daily Attounissia, who was arrested on 15 February...
Jordan: Blogger hospitalised after stabbing
A young Jordanian blogger is recovering in hospital after being stabbed on Sunday evening. Enas Musallam, 21, was stabbed in the stomach by a hooded...