Iran judge releases journalist charged with 'warring against God'
A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Sunday released from prison Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , after she posted bail of...
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been detained for allegedly spreading propaganda and colluding against national security, her family said Wednesday. Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is most widely known for representing political activists following the controversial 2009 presidential election...
Iran concludes trial of journalist charged with 'warring against God'
Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday concluded the one-day trial of Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election . During the Tehran trial, conducted by head judge...
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act , aimed at promoting worldwide press freedom and drawing attention to countries where journalists are threatened, harmed, or...
Journalism rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report Monday listing 40 "Predators of Press Freedom" throughout the world. The list includes several prominent politicians and groups including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin,...
Iran newspaper editor sentenced for role in post-election protests
Iranian economist and journalist Saeed Laylaz was sentenced to a nine-year jail term on Wednesday for possessing classified information and participating in protests following the contested presidential election in June . Laylaz has been a longstanding critic...
Kazakhstan high court upholds state secrets conviction of journalist
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Thursday affirmed the conviction of publisher Ramazan Esergepov, sentenced to three years in jail for revealing state secrets in his newspaper. Esergepov was convicted on Saturday ...
North Korea court sentences US journalists to 12 years forced labor
US journalists Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee were sentenced on Monday in North Korea's Pyongyang Central Court to 12 years in labor camps . The journalists were arrested in March for allegedly...
North Korean state media outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced Thursday that the Pyongyang Central Court has begun the trial of two US journalists . Laura Ling and Euna...
Iranian blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi reportedly committed suicide Wednesday after serving one month of a 30-month prison sentence for insulting Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . Both the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHR)...
