9 September 2013   IFEX Daily Digest Free expression news SPOTLIGHT  |  Philippines Renewed calls for decriminalisation of libel as Filipino media muzzled Marianna Tzabiras The Philippines' libel law has made the media's monitoring role and assisting the public through accurate information in the task of exacting official accountability, more difficult than it already is. ▸read more       Africa | Chad Chadian editor gets suspended prison sentence over story about embezzlement Committee to Protect Journalists   Africa | Kenya Kenyan journalist threatened for exposing hospital scandal Committee to Protect Journalists   Africa | Senegal Newspaper in Senegal closed while editor, reporter and intern get jail terms Reporters Without Borders Français   Americas | United States Hundreds of pages of NSA spying documents to be released in U.S. Electronic Frontier Foundation   Asia and Pacific | Afghanistan Sixty-two cases of violence against journalists recorded in Afghanistan in 8 months Afghanistan Journalists Center   Asia and Pacific | China Chinese poet, journalist and PEN member released 15 months before end of his 10-year sentence PEN International   Middle East and North Africa | Egypt Egypt detains North Sinai journalist for publishing 'false' information Arabic Network for Human Rights Information عربي   Middle East and North Africa | Syria Italian journalist freed after five months in captivity in Syria International Federation of Journalists   Middle East and North Africa | United Arab Emirates Three netizens still held for tweeting about "UAE 94" case Reporters Without Borders   SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER      REGIONS IN THE NEWS International Africa Americas Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Middle East & North Africa SUBSCRIBE More ways to get free expression news that matters to you IFEX This Week A weekly snapshot of the top free expression stories delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. JOIN OUR COMMUNITIES   Take action! Call for Kazakh poet to be moved from solitary confinement Join the campaign to help move Kazakh poet Aron Atabek from solitary confinement, where he has been for two years for writing a book that criticises President Nazarbayev. SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER     Facebook | Twitter | Email JOIN OUR COMMUNITIES     Facebook | Twitter VISIT OUR WEBSITE     English | Français | Español | عربي IFEX DAILY DIGEST SECTION EDITORS Marianna Tzabiras: International, Asia & Pacific; Erin Woycik: Americas; Caro Rolando: Africa, Europe & Central Asia; Hiba Zayadin: Middle East & North Africa IFEX | PO Box 407, 555 Richmond St W, Ste 1101, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3B1 You're receiving this message at because you subscribed to receive information from IFEX. Unsubscribe or Manage your preferences