Released from jail after one year’s incarceration, renowned Turkish investigative journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener remain on trial with 11 other reporters for being suspected members of alleged terrorist group Ergenekon.
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New copyright legislation has hobbled Kazakhstan’s Internet traffic and angered tens of thousands of recreational users of popular download sites. But the most pernicious effect could be on those who stray from the government line, as […]
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Journalist Mae Azango has gone into hiding after she received death threats following the publication of her article, “Growing Pains: Sande Tradition of Genital Cutting Threatens Liberian Women’s Health,” in FrontPage Africa on International Women’s Day.
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Bangladeshi and international media organizations protest for justice in the case of slain journalists Meherun Runi and Sagar Sarowar, and for safety of journalists in Bangladesh. Runi and Sarowar were working to expose illegal land-grabbing by a corporation at the time of the murders.
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Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, charged with treason and insulting national symbols for his political cartoons, vows to defend his work and continue his campaign against corruption and censorship in India.
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In light of the new year’s Lantern Festival, we take a look back at China’s heightened crackdown on writers, journalists and activists in 2011. Included is an infographic with a timeline detailing major arrests and protests of the last year.
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Ecuador: International organizations fear that the lawsuit president Correa is waging against El Universo newspapaer may further self-censorship and limit criticism of the authorities.
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