The government of Azerbaijan has stepped up its campaign to silence independent media and free expression in the country, according to a new report by Amnesty International. In the report, called “The spring that never blossomed: Freedoms suppressed in Azerbaijan,” Amnesty details a worsening human rights situation in the oil-rich former Soviet republic.  The group […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for the immediate release of the editor and deputy editor of The Destiny newspaper in South Sudan, who were arrested just days after the paper – now banned – published its first issue. Ngor Garang and Dengdit Ayok have been in detention since 2 November and 5 November, respectively. […]

A man interviewed by the BBC Persian service, Hasan Fathi, has been detained by security agents, according to international media reports. Fathi was reportedly interviewed on Saturday about the blast at an ammunition depot that killed at least 17 soldiers. The BBC has said it has no employees in Iran, and had interviewed Fathi only […]

A journalist in Nigeria has been arrested and will be sued for libel over an article he wrote revealing alleged corruption in the Nigerian Football Federation. Olajide Fashikun, editor of the National Accord newspaper in the capital Abuja, was arrested by a plain clothes police officer, after he wrote a series of articles about a […]