A Moroccan editor has been found guilty of criminal defamation for reporting on the alleged torture and death of a human rights activist in police custody. Hamid el-Mehdaoui, editor of the independent news website, Badil,…
Two journalists in Myanmar have been sentenced to two months in jail for criminal defamation of an army officer after their newspaper printed an embarrassing quote, raising concerns about narrowing press freedoms in the South…
A prominent investigative reporter in Azerbaijan on trial for libel was barred from leaving the country Oct. 11 as she tried to fly to the Czech Republic to attend a media conference. Khadija Ismayilova is…
