William Tonet, editor of the independent Luanda paper Folha8, was convicted of libel on 10 October and ordered by a judge to pay 10 million kwanzas (approx. 77,000 EUR) after publishing an article critical of top military officials, according to multiple news reports.  The judge further stipulated that, should Mr. Tonet not pay the fine […]

In an exclusive interview with the Gambian newspaper Daily News on Monday, Justice Minister Edu Gomez said that Chief Ebrimah Manneh, a journalist who was arrested in 2006 and has been missing ever since, is alive and that he is not in government custody. However, he refused to clarify further, saying: “But let the right […]

In an interview with Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Friday, 7 October, Tint Swe, Deputy Director General of Burma’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Department (PSRD), stated: “Press censorship is non-existent in most other countries as well as among our neighbors and as it is not in harmony with democratic practices; press censorship should be abolished in the […]

Guyana’s president has delayed the start of a ban that would have prevented an opposition TV station from broadcasting in the run-up to general elections later this year. President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday said that a four-month suspension on CNS TV6 would begin on 1 December, three days after scheduled elections, rather than on 3 […]