Iran today confirmed the arrest of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, his wife Yeganeh Salehi and two unnamed U.S. citizens who work with him as photojournalists. Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, Director General of the Tehran Province Justice Department, as saying no further information will be released about Rezaian until “technical investigations” […]
Iran Detains Washington Post Reporter, Wife And Colleagues
Posted July 25th, 2014 at 1:05 am (UTC+0)
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Swaziland: Doing Your Job Could Cost You Your Freedom
Posted July 23rd, 2014 at 4:05 pm (UTC+0)
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‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,’ says Marcellus in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, famously. That story didn’t end so well, but at least someone knew there was a problem. Swaziland’s King Mswati III is not so self-aware – or perhaps he’s just masking the stench with the new leather in his fancy cars and […]
China: Xinjiang Authorities Ban Ramadan Fast
Posted July 4th, 2014 at 12:50 pm (UTC+0)
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It’s the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which means Muslims across the globe are are fasting from dawn til sunset — everywhere, that is, except in northwestern China. Authorities in the Turkestan district of Xinjiang have banned Muslim Uighurs from fasting or taking part in any other religious activities […]
