Anna Mokhova, a Freelance correspondent of “First Crimean” TV channel, who spent nearly a month being a captive of Ukrainian security services, claims she was “beaten” and witnessed mistreatment of civilians while being “detained.” Mokhova “disappeared” on August 24 during a trip to the war zone in the Donbass. The journalist was detained along with […]
A Hijbut-Tahrir activist detained at Mirpur, Bangladesh
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a Hijbut-Tahrir activist yesterday from Mirpur in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. His name is Amir Hamza, and he is 23 years of age. It has known from him that he is a student of honors at Dhaka College. Yesterday after the Friday Jumma prayers at the Shewrapara Central […]
Detained Cuban Journalist Freed
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias spent half a year in jail without being sent to trial. By Dana Sants – Cuban journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias was freed on the evening of April 9 after spending six months in jail. “I feel really good and really happy, and at the same time really grateful to you […]
BP and the Government to Reporters: We’re Serious, Leave
This report was originally published in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. by Matthew L. Schafer In what some are now calling a “media blackout,” U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen announced in a press release on June 30th that no one could come within 65 feet of booms or other cleanup operations. A violation […]
Uganda: Blogs, Twitter Keep World Informed as Kampala Riots Continue
As riots shook Kampala, the capital of Uganda, for the second day, bloggers and other netizens rallied to keep the world informed. Within 24 hours of the first riots, concerned Kampalans launched Uganda Witness, a crisis reporting site where Ugandans can share news of deaths, looting, presence of government forces and other related information. As […]
Prime-minister Djukanovic’s house of cards
On the eve of parliamentary elections in Montenegro the police arrested a certain group of people; the arrestees were indicted on a charge of hatching a plot, breaking into the parliament and an attempt on prime-minister Milo Djukanovic’s life. The public prosecutor’s office of Montenegro claimed the conspirators’ purpose was the victory of opposition in […]
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