Two female editors at a national newspaper in Sri Lanka, Frederica Jansz and Munza Mushataq, have received death threats. The founder and former Editor-in-Chief ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. 23 rd October 2009. AI Index: MDE 30/013/2009. Tunisia: Routine muzzling of dissent mars upcoming presidential elections. ...
Yemeni journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih is now believed to be detained at a prison run by the Ministry of Defence, though the authorities have continued to refuse ...
Haytham al-Maleh, who is 78, will appear before a court on 25 October. If he is tried and convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison, simply for talking about ...
Mohammad Pour Abdollah, a male student arrested in February in Iran’s capital, Tehran, is now on trial, apparently on charges related to national security for his ...
With the implementation of the Employment Permit System (EPS) in August 2004, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) became one of the first Asian countries to legally ...
This document contains the comments delivered by Amnesty international in Bled, Slovenia on 22 September 2009. The organization attaches great importance to ...