Honduran radio station shut down by soldiers

A radio station aligned with ousted president Manuel Zelaya, has been raided and shut down by Honduran soldiers (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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Radio stations shut down in Venezuela

The closure of 34 radio stations has been ordered by the Venezuelan government, said the head of the national telecommunications regulator Conatel.

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Journalist’s release shows divisions in Iran

On Monday, an Iranian-American journalist imprisoned on charges of spying for the US was released in Tehran. It removes an obstacle to President Obama’s opening to Iran but also illustrates the volatility of the Iranian government.

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Journalist put on trial in Iran

A 31-year-old Iranian-American journalist (photo, from aljazeera.net) has been put to trial in Iran this week. She is accused of spying for the US. A verdict is expected soon, said an Iranian official.

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Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements

The Yesh Din organization, an Israeli leftist advocacy group, said on Friday that it was starting a campaign to help Palestinians sue the state of Israel for its use of their privately owned lands for Jewish settlements in the West Bank (photo, from aljazeera.net).

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Stalin third-greatest historical figure

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, who sent millions to their deaths in the Great Purge of the 1930s, has been voted Russia’s third-greatest historical figure, says a state television network.

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Politkovskaya murder ordered by ‘Russian politician’, say defence lawyer

The murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist shot dead two years ago outside her apartment (photo, from aljazeera.net), has been ordered by a Russian politician, according to details in an indictment, a defence lawyer has said.

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Politkovskaya case close to public

The judge in the trial of three people accused of being involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya (photo), an investigative journalist and Kremlin critic, decided on Wednesday to close it to the public. Lawyers said that it could hinder justice being done.

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Mubarak’s health reports send journalist in jail

The verdict sentencing an Egyptian outspoken journalist to two months in jail has been upheld by an appeal court. Ibrahim Eissa was convicted in March, for stories he wrote on President Hosni Mubarak’s health.

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Saudi most senior judge against ‘immoral programmes’

It is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels which broadcast immoral programmes, said Sheikh Salih Ibn al-Luhaydan, the most senior judge in Saudi Arabia.

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