World Hong Kong pro-democracy DJ gets 40 months in jail for sedition Hong Kong – A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was jailed for 40 months on Wednesday for “seditious speech” under... Read more 20 Apr
Algeria Algeria newspaper Liberte closes after 30 years Algiers – Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte printed its last issue on Thursday, three decades after it was established and... Read more 14 Apr
Countries Press rights groups call for release of French journalist in Mali Dakar – Press rights groups have called for the release of French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was taken hostage by... Read more 15 Mar
Algeria Algeria journalist’s jail sentence suspended on appeal Algiers – Algerian journalist and press freedom activist Khaled Drareni had a two-year jail term reduced on appeal to a... Read more 4 Mar
World Turkey ‘silences critics’ with presidential insult law Istanbul – Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas begins her second month in detention on Tuesday for “insulting the president”, an increasingly... Read more 22 Feb
World US journalist detained in Myanmar jailed for 11 years, says employer Yangon – A Myanmar junta court on Friday sentenced an American journalist to 11 years in prison on charges of... Read more 12 Nov, 2021