ANHRI urges the prosecutor general to investigate a case of torture allegedly carried out by state security officers.

Journalists described it as the most harrowing period since the US invasion of Iraq in April 2003.

RSF urges the Propaganda Department to lift the censorship imposed on 13 newspapers calling for the elimination of the internal passport system known as the "hukou".

The commitment was pledged by senior EBC officials attending an ACM workshop on election coverage in Port of Spain.

Several of the journalists were injured in clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators.

"This issue should not have been referred to the court in the first place," says ANHRI.

Journalist Haci Bogatekin was sentenced to five years in prison for comments he made about former prosecutor Sadullah Ovacikli.

IFEX members highlighted International Women's Day on 8 March by honouring women journalists, writers and activists for their courage and tenacity in combating corrupt regimes, abuses of power and human rights violations. Many have faced arrest, beatings, imprisonment, and some have been murdered, for speaking out.

As Iraqis went to the polls on 7 March to select 325 members of parliament, Human Rights Watch urged all political groups to make freedom of expression central to their platform to be sure the next government respects press freedom and minority rights. Meanwhile, countless journalists in Iraq Kurdistan faced brutal attacks leading up to and on election-day, because of political rivalry, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that protects individuals who disclose information on corruption or law-breaking in government or private bodies, reports ARTICLE 19. But Ugandan journalists are fighting for the right to do their jobs as press freedom violations escalated in the country in 2009 with countless radio stations shut down, say local rights groups.

Police brutality and legal action are the two greatest sources of attacks on journalists in Liberia, says the Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) in its 2009 report. Journalists and media workers also face death threats, detention and censorship.

Correspondents living in Burma detail the dangers of undercover reporting and the layers of censorship to which approved news gathering is subjected in first-hand reports published by Mizzima News.

Threats, intimidation and legal action from the Cambodian government have "whittled down" independent media in the country, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a new report. And free expression restrictions in the new criminal code will severely reduce journalists' ability to report on corruption within the ruling elite and private sector abuses.

Public figures in Mongolia routinely use defamation legislation against the media and journalists, says a new report by Globe International. Journalists often self-censor in order to survive.

On International Women's Day, the WiPC celebrates and commemorates all women writers, past and present, who have suffered arrest, attack and even murder for having spoken out.

AMARC applauds the rapid response of Chile's community radio stations to the recent earthquake and calls for legal measures to facilitate community broadcasting.

In a report, ARTICLE 19 reaffirms the importance of gender equality as a key component of the right to freedom of expression.

According to a survey by CPJ, one third of all journalists imprisoned around the world are in Iran.

Journalists from various media organisations were banned from the press conference of the singer who will represent Ukraine at the 2010 Eurovision song contest.

Ricardo Rodrigues was assaulted after asking the council president about citizen complaints regarding the city's public health system.