Leading critic of Egyptian state jailed for six months
Free speech advocate Hisham Kassem sentenced for defaming former minister Kamal Abu Eita A court in Cairo has sentenced a former newspaper publisher, free speech...
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Outrage in Guatemala as crusading journalist given six-year prison term
José Rubén Zamora, 66, convicted and sentenced on money-laundering charges press freedom groups say were trumped up A veteran journalist and founder of one of...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
‘Suspicious death’ of Rwandan journalist prompts calls for investigation
Two weeks on from the death of government critic John Williams Ntwali, police have failed to answer questions over the alleged road accident in which...
Hopes rise for press freedom in Tanzania as number of censured journalists falls
Media council reports progress under progressive stance of President Suluhu following years of repression by former regime The number of journalists being censured for their...
‘Pelé eterno’: what international front pages say about the death of the footballing great
The Brazilian star makes the front pages of newspapers around the world on Friday, as they mourn a legend of the game Pelé dies aged...
Foreign Office official raised ‘stark’ criticisms of Rwanda plan, court hears
Guardian, BBC and Times seek release of documents about policy of sending asylum seekers abroad A Foreign Office official raised concerns about plans to send...
