An Istanbul criminal court has ordered the closure, for one month, of Günlük newspaper – which is known for raising issues related to Turkey’s Kurdish minority – over an article considered by the court to constitute propaganda for a terrorist organisation. The article was published earlier this month. The verdict, handed down on Friday 22 […]

Six Gambian journalists sentenced in early August to two years in prison on six counts of criminal defamation and sedition have filed an appeal. Emil Touray, Sarata Jabbi-Dibba, Pa Modou Fall, Pap Saine, Ebrima Sawaneh, Sam Sarr and Abubakar Saidykhan were first arrested after publishing, on behalf of the Gambia Press Union, a joint statement […]

A temporary court injunction has been slapped on Slovene daily newspaper Dnevnik, preventing it from reporting on an alleged corruption controversy. The newspaper faces heavy financial penalties if it breaches the vaguely worded court order. The injunction, imposed on 6 August, relates to articles printed in Dnevnik on 29 July in which the newspaper cited […]

Unidentified gunmen opened fire at around 1am local time on Wednesday at the editorial offices of the Coahuila-based daily Siglo de Torreón, according to the newspaper. There were no reports of any injuries. Witnesses describe two assailants on motorcycles opening fire on the building’s façade, according to local news reports. The assault shattered the building’s […]