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Morocco: French magazine confiscated for publishing “Persepolis” images

The most recent issue of the French magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" was confiscated by Moroccan authorities after it published an image from the...

by Alice Purkiss | 14 Feb 12

Veteran Chinese dissident Zhu Yufu has been sentenced to seven years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" after he shared his poem...

by Marta Cooper | 13 Feb 12

Syrian journalist Mazhar Tayyara was killed by government forces' fire in the city of Homs, a centre of the Syrian resistance against President...

by Alice Purkiss | 13 Feb 12

The offices of a Yemeni newspaper have been surrounded by armed men for over a week. On February 2, state-run daily Al-Thawra was surrounded by...

by Marta Cooper | 13 Feb 12

Brazilian political journalist Mário Randolfo Marques Lopes and his girlfriend were kidnapped and shot dead in the early hours of 9 February in...

by Alice Purkiss | 13 Feb 12

Two Bangladeshi television journalists have been murdered in Dhaka. Sagar Sarwar, news editor for private TV station Maasranga, and his wife,...

by Alice Purkiss | 13 Feb 12

Internet censorship has dramatically increased in Iran over the last week. On 7 February, internet users in Iran began reporting an increase in...

by Alice Purkiss | 13 Feb 12

A second cleric is suing Irish public service broadcaster RTE for libel, after they accused him of child abuse. Former Archbishop Richard Burke...

by Marta Cooper | 12 Feb 12

Malaysian authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the prophet Mohammed on Twitter, it was reported today. Newspaper...

US Citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath were arrested by Bahraini security forces in the capital Manama on Saturday (11 February) during a...