Iranian hard-liners said to intensify crackdown ahead of key votes
By Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) - Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the Supreme Leader's hard-line allies have cracked down on activists, journalists and artists to try to tighten their grip...
View ArticleAzerbaijani-Belarusian documents were signed (President of the Republic of...
(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) A ceremony of signing the Azerbaijani-Belarusian documents has been held after the expanded meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham...
View ArticleAzerbaijani Theologian Said To Have Been Plotting Coup
At least four local Shi'ite Muslims and two police officers died on November 26 in violent clashes in the settlement of Nardaran, 25 kilometers northeast of Baku. Fourteen people, including the...
View ArticleDeciphering Azerbaijan's Secret Service Purge
Deciphering Azerbaijan's Secret Service Purge By Afgan Mukhtarli Nov. 26, 2015 [Afgan Mukhtarli is an Azerbaijani journalist living abroad.] A wave of arrests has followed the sacking of National...
View ArticleKenya police: 2 Kenyans arrested for spying for Iran
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Two Kenyans in police custody have admitted assisting Iranian state intelligence to plot attacks on western targets in Kenya, Kenya's police chief said Saturday. Abubakar Sadiq...
View ArticleNepal arrests 13 SSB guards
In a dramatic twist to the more than 3-month long blockade, Nepali police on Sunday arrested 13 members of India’s Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) in Jhapa in eastern Tarai region of Nepal. Jhapa which is...
View ArticleTurkey arrests two journalists for publishing state secrets
Nov 27, Ankara: Turkey arrested two prominent journalists on Thursday on charge of spying and revealing state secrets after they published footage that purported to show the members of the state...
View ArticleDetained journalists urge EU not to compromise with Turkey on rights
Two Turkish journalists arrested this week over their reports about arms supplies to Syria urged the European Union not to compromise on human rights and freedoms to reach an agreement with Turkey to...
View ArticleLook at key radical Islamist groups in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI: Gunmen attacked a Shia mosque in Bangladesh, killing one person and wounding three others, in the latest in a wave of deadly assaults this year on foreigners, secular writers and members of...
View ArticleThailand knew deported Chinese were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada:...
BANGKOK - The Thai junta knew that two Chinese men it detained were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada, but still deported them to China, according to a United Nations letter seen by Reuters. The...
View ArticleVeteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu ‘had no choice’ but to confess guilt before...
While dissident journalist Gao Yu was said to be released from her 20-month detention on state secret charges for medical reasons, the outcome of her case actually hinged upon one thing: a confession....
View ArticleFresh row breaks out as Nepal detains 13 Indian border guards
India-Nepal ties hit another flashpoint on Sunday after 13 personnel of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were detained by the Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) in Jhapa (Nepal). They were released after...
View ArticleIFJ condemns threats by Libyan official authorities against the journalism...
(Source: IFJ - International Federation of Journalists) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the threats by the Director of Media and Culture Commission in the Libyan...
View ArticleAzerbaijan, Belarus sign four documents
Signing ceremony of documents between Azerbaijan and Belarus took place Nov.28 in Minsk following the expanded meeting of the presidents of the two countries. First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan...
View ArticleAEJ joins protests against detention and prosecution of leading Turkish...
(Source: AEJ - Association of European Journalists) Monday, November 30, 2015 The Association of European Journalists protests in the strongest terms against the arrest on Thursdayevening of Can...
View ArticleAzerbaijan more secure to live in than most European countries
Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.30 By Elmira Tariverdiyeva Trend: Azerbaijan's relations vis-a-vis Europe should concentrate on creating future perspectives and overcoming current challenges, Azerbaijan's...
View ArticlePress freedom violations recounted in real time January 2015 (RSF - Reporters...
(Source: RSF - Reporters sans frontières) 30.11.2015 - Two journalists attacked in Rajaishahr prison Reporters Without Borders condemns an attack against prisoners of conscience on 28 November in...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Appeal dismissed: Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to...
(Source: OMCT - World Organisation Against Torture) Paris-Geneva, November 30, 2015 - The appeal filed by prominent investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova to contest her 7.5-year jail sentence was...
View ArticleThe Latest: News from the Paris attacks
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 1:05 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says security agencies made the right decision to cancel the soccer match between Germany and the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Historic Paris suburb filled with armed police
PARIS – The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:20 a.m. Armed security officers have fanned out around the historic Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an hours-long standoff...
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