Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Torture report leads to Morocco defamation conviction
By  • 6 July 2015
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,…
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Myanmar journalists sentenced to two months
By  • 26 March 2015
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…
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Azerbaijan reporter barred from foreign travel
By  • 20 October 2014
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…
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