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Washington DC: Addis Neger announces new collaborative web site to bypass state persecution of the media in Ethiopia

Posted on 2010/05/11

Washington DC, Addis Neger Publishing is proud to announce that it is launching a daily collaborative news site, addisnegeronline.com, on 11 May 2010. Run by former founders and editors of Addis Neger newspaper, which folded in December 2009, owing to government persecution of its staff, this new initiative creates a virtual community which is involved in sourcing, production and distribution of content. Read More

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Belarus: Presidential decree increasing Internet control could affect freedom of expression

Posted on 2010/02/08

On 1 February 2010, the Belarusian President, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, signed a decree on “Measures for Revising Use of the National Segment of the World Wide Web” that will come into force on 1 July 2010 and could seriously affect the right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the country. Read More

Oman – Judicial prosecution against journalist Mr A’sem Al-Sheedi for writing on police corruption

Posted on 2009/12/21

On 8 December 2009, the general director of the Police and Customs in Oman submitted a penal suit against Mr A’sem Al-Sheedi, accusing him of denouncing the police in an article published in Oman newspaper on 7 December 2009. A’sem Al-Sheedi was summoned by the Prosecution Office on 12 December 2009 and charged with "slander against the police apparatus" and "false testimony", for refusing to reveal his source of information. Read More

Somaliland – Arbitrary arrest and detention of two journalists, human rights defenders Mr Ahmed Saleban Dhuhul and Mr Sayid Osman Mire

Posted on 2009/07/24

Two human rights defenders, Mr Ahmed Saleban Dhuhul and Mr Sayid Osman Mire have been detained following their arrest on 13 July 2009 in Hargeisa, Somaliland, for allegedly inciting clan violence. Ahmed Dhuhul is a member of the executive committee of Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) and Sayid Mire is the Chairperson of SOLJA's third assembly general. Both men work for Radio Horyaal, the only privately–owned radio station in Somaliland. Read More

Uganda: Sustained acts of intimidation and judicial harassment against six human rights defenders

Posted on 2009/07/23

Six human rights defenders, Mr. Gerard Kankya, Mr Dan Rubonbora, Mr William Gonza, Mr Prosper Businge, Mr Joram Bintamanya and Mr Stephen Rwagweri, team members and volunteers of Twerwaneho Listeners Radio Club in the Rwenzori Region of Uganda have been facing sustained acts of intimidation and judicial harassment since January 2007. The Twerwaneho Listerners Radio Club is a legally registered radio programme which broadcasted programmes on human rights-based issues which aims to hold public leaders more accountable. Read More

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