Radio journalist Johnny Alberto Salazar has been found guilty of libelling a lawyer, he is the first journalist to be jailed for defamation in the...
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Azerbaijan: newspapers fined for damaging businessman’s honour
Azerbaijani newspapers Yeni Musavat and Azadliq were fined 2000 manats (1,634 GBP) this week, they had been accused of damaging businessman Anar...
Kazakhstan: newspaper editor detained in media crackdown
Igor Vinyavsky, editor of the Almaty-based independent weekly Vzglyad, was detained on Monday evening in an ongoing crackdown by Kazakhstan's...
Burma: Censors tighten grip ahead of by-election
New restrictions are being imposed on the Burmese media, despite earlier calls from the country's censor chief to ease restrictions. Ahead of...
UK: Three Muslim men convicted over gay hate leaflets
Three Muslim men have been convicted of inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality, in the first conviction of its type in the UK. Ihjaz Ali, Kabir...
Egypt: Shafiq campaign confiscates BBC Arabic interview
Campaign staffers for Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq confiscated tapes from the BBC on Saturday. The broadcasters had conducted a 40...
Senegal: Suspended prison sentences for journalists
Two Sengalese journalists have been given suspended prison sentences after been convicted of criminal libel. Editor Mamadou Biaye and reporter...
Ofcom revokes Press TV’s UK licence
Ofcom has revoked the UK licence of Iranian broadcaster Press TV. In December Press TV was fined £100,000 for broadcasting a 2009 interview with...
Cuba: Jailed dissident dies after hunger strike
Dissident Wilmar Villar Mendoza, has died in a hospital in eastern Cuba following a 56-day hunger strike. Villar launched his strike shortly after...
Honduras: lawyer murdered after police torture accusations
Honduran lawyer Jose Ricardo Rosales was shot dead by three hooded gunmen on 17 January, three days after he was quoted in newspaper Diario Tiempo,...