The Chinese government plans to continue censoring social networking sites, the the Communist Party and State Council has said regarding China’s...
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Ecuador: Pro-Correa libel verdict upheld
Ecuador's highest court has upheld a criminal libel verdict favouring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist...
Syria: Protesters’ text messages blocked using Irish equipment
The Syrian government has ordered text messages containing politically sensitive words to be blocked. Sources familiar with the country's filtering...
Saudi Arabia: Hamza Kashgari “repents”, family member says
Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has repented for his tweets deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, according to a family member. They said...
Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped
Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali's wife and daughter have allegedly been kidnapped by security forces and moved to an unknown location, it was...
Afghanistan: Cameraman attacked with acid in Kabul
Parviz Safi, a cameramen for state-owned English-language TV station Press TV, was attacked with acid by three unidentified men on 6 February in the...
Malaysia: Hamza Kashgari deported unlawfully, lawyers claim
Lawyers representing Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari have said there are no immigration records of his deportation from Malaysia last Sunday,...
Brazil: Second journalist killed in under a week
Brazilian newspaper editor Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues was shot dead on Sunday night, making him the second Brazilian journalist killed in less...
Egypt: Australian journalist freed
An Australian journalist who was detained in Egypt on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak has been freed....
Russia: French journalist expelled for interviewing opposition
Prominent French journalist and author Anne Nivat was expelled from Russia yesterday (13 February) for alleged violation of her visa status. Nivat...