The Criminal Court in Bangkok has sentenced the former editor of the now defunct magazine Voice of Thaksin for defaming Thailand’s monarchy. The Criminal Court sentenced Somyot Prueksakasemsuk to 11 years in jail for publishing two articles deemed insulting of the royal family. The court sentenced Somyot to five years in prison for each offensive […]

The station manager of a Liberian radio station was reportedly severely beaten yesterday and later required medical treatment. Hector Mulbah, station manager at Radio Gbezohn, said that he was beaten after a dispute in which a politician refused to “underwrite the cost of Radio Talks Shows whenever he is hosted,” the New Dawn reported. Country […]

The International Press Institute condemned the prison sentence handed to a Somali journalist after he investigated a rape case allegedly involving Somali security forces, and called for the reporter to be freed immediately. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim was sentenced to one year in prison for “false reporting” and for “offending the reputation […]

In a strongly worded press release issued yesterday, The Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) criticised the country’s communications ministry over the “dictatorial manner” in which the TTBPA said it had attempted to force private broadcasters to carry government content on a daily basis. “The lack of collaborative effort by the Ministry of […]