Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Bangladeshi blogger critical of Islam killed, second in 5 weeks
By  • 5 April 2015
A Bangladeshi blogger critical of Islamic teachings has been hacked to death by machete-wielding men on the streets of the capital Dhaka, the second such killing of a critic of the religion in just over a…
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Sentence for Tunisian blogger cut to 6 months
By  • 9 March 2015
A Tunisian military appeals court has sentenced a blogger to six months in prison, halving a previous sentence for comments critical of the army he made on his Facebook page. Yassine Ayari, 33, received the…
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Vietnam jails two bloggers in crackdown
By , • 8 December 2014
Two Vietnamese bloggers have been jailed in recent days for publishing articles critical of the country's Communist government. Nguyen Quang Lap, a blogger who covered social and political issues and was critical of Vietnam's relations…
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Vietnam's 'Mother Mushroom' blogger fears arrest
By , • 10 November 2014
A pioneering Vietnamese blogger says she may be charged with 'propaganda' against the state or 'abusing democratic freedoms' after being repeatedly questioned by police. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who blogs under the name Me Nam…
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