A Saudi journalist was arrested in Malaysia on Wednesday night after a request by Interpol on behalf of Saudi authorities. Hamza Kashgari tweeted a...
Malaysia: Saudi writer arrested for blasphemy over Mohammed tweets
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee have found that the defamation conviction of a Philippines journalist violated the journalist's right to...
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Egypt: Comic sentenced in “insulting Islam” case
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