The UK High Court has ruled that file-sharing website The Pirate Bay must be blocked by internet service providers. The Swedish site, which provides links to download free music and video, which critics claim are are mostly pirated, will be blocked...
Legislation which aims to prevent attacks on USA infrastructure and private companies has been approved, despite objections from Barack Obama's administration. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) encourages companies to share...
Access to the website of Ethiopia's leading weekly newspaper has been blocked within the country. The website of privately-owned weekly, The Reporter, has been inaccessible since 21 April, other than through a proxy server. Though the reason for...
An Azerbaijani journalist held in pre-trial detention since March claims he has been tortured. Zaur Guliyev, editor-in-chief of Xayal TV, was arrested after unrest in the Quba region. In a statement, Guliyev said he was subjected to physical and...
Legislation banning promotion of "gay propaganda" has passed its first reading in Siberia. The bill, which prohibits the promotion of homosexual, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender practices among minors. The bill will also be debated in a final...
A prominent Honduran TV presenter was murdered on Monday morning. Noel Alexander Valladares, host of popular show El Tecolote (“The Owl”) on Maya TV, based in Tegucigalpa, was shot as he left the station. Eyewitnesses report that four men jumped...
Rupert Murdoch admits News of the World phone-hacking cover-up
A rapper has been sentenced to a minimum of three months in prison after releasing a violent music video in the UAE. The singer, known as Dangour, was arrested in June. In the footage, Dangour raps about drug abuse and his hatred of white people. A...
Rupert Murdoch: Brown “declared war” on News Corp
Hunt accused of giving News Corp special access over BSkyB bid.
James Murdoch: “Over the odds” settlements were not a coverup
Alice Purkiss: Lebedev and Barclay – media owners on the stand at Leveson