A Honduran journalist who covered a major story about corruption in the country's social security system has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defaming a former prosecutor. On March 14 a Honduran court…
A Chadian journalist faces charges of defamation for publishing a critical article of Chadian President Idriss Déby and Déby's younger brother, a top government official. Judicial police arrested Stéphane Mbaïrabé Ouaye, publisher of Haut Parleur,…
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…
Myanmar's government has charged a weekly newspaper with defamation over its publication of an interview with a leader of the opposition National League for Democracy. The Myanmar Herald published an interview in October with Myo…
