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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday demanded that Afghanistan revoke recent National Security Directorate rules that restrict the freedom of the press and effectively ban journalists from writing about Afghanistan's failing security situation. Afghan journalists...

An opposition activist who was critical of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during his most recent presidential campaign has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Belarus court. Nikolai...

The trial of three Egyptian journalists and one lawyer accused of slandering a local election commission chief by alleging fraud in Egypt's November parliamentary election and publishing the names of two judges accused of rigging results in...

Wednesday's Council of Europe (COE) report accusing 14 European countries of taking an active or passive role in a "global spider's web" of secret CIA prisons and rendition flights [JURIST news...

Two Egyptian protesters were allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by Egyptian police after a peaceful demonstration in favor of two judicial reformists who exposed alleged fraud in the country's election last year, according to one of the...

Three Egyptian journalists and a lawyer have been charged with slandering a local election commission chief by alleging fraud in Egypt's November parliamentary election and publishing the names of two judges accused of rigging results in a runoff poll...

A disciplinary panel for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last year’s parliamentary elections Thursday reprimanded pro-reform judge Hisham Bastawisi but cleared Mahmoud Mekki of whistleblowing allegations. The rulings came amid clashes ...

A disciplinary hearing for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last year's parliamentary elections is set to resume amid renewed clashes between riot police and the judges' supporters . The judges, Mahmoud Mekki...

Two Egyptian judges faced disciplinary hearings at the Egyptian Supreme Court Thursday for their criticisms of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. The two judges, Hesham el-Bastawisy and...

A Turkish court on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against four journalists over reports critical of a court opinion last fall, but the court upheld charges against a fifth journalist. The court dismissed charges against the four because...