Israeli authorities are threatening to expel Jared Malsin, the American editor of the English section of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency, from the country. According to official sources at Ma’an News Agency, Malsin was detained on Tuesday afternoon at Ben Gurion International Airport, as he and his girlfriend were returning from a holiday in the […]

A Peruvian court sentenced newspaper editor Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco to one year in prison for “aggravated defamation” yesterday, in a verdict that local media freedom experts have slammed as retaliation for the journalist’s critical reporting. The heavy sentence stemmed from a 2004 complaint brought against Carrasco, director of the Bagua-based weekly Nor Oriente, by the former […]

JS Tissainayagam, a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist who was sentenced to twenty years in prison in September last year after he criticised the government’s handling of an offensive against Tamil Tiger militants, has been granted bail pending appeal. An appeals court on Monday ordered the journalist to surrender his passport and pay bail of $500, […]

One year after the murder of former Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, one of Sri Lanka’s most persistent and authoritative critics of both the government and the militant Tamil Tigers (LTTE), none of the perpetrators has yet been brought to justice. “It is one year and no break-through has been made,” Lasantha’s brother and current Chairman of […]