Webhost Rackspace has shut down the website of the Dove World Outreach Centre whose pastor planned to burn copies of the Koran on 11 September....
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USA: Google’s David Drummond says internet censorship is a trade barrier
Google's chief legal officer David Drummond has said that internet censorship raises trade barriers for the US, in addition to violating human...
Australia: Pro-euthanasia advert outlawed
The government has opted to outlaw a pro-euthanasia advert on the grounds that it promotes suicide. The advert shows an actor speaking of suffering...
Madagascar: Radio station suspended
The government has decided to suspend the broadcasts of radio station, Radio Mahafaly. The staff at the station, based in the central city of...
Gambia: Scottish “sedition” prisoner released
A Scottish missionary, who was jailed in 2008 for criticising the Gambian president, has been released. David Fulton was charged with sedition after...
Ethiopia: Protest on Facebook for political prisoner
Opposition activists are urging people to change their Facebook profile pictures to that of political prisoner Birtukan Mideksa on 11 September. The...
Pakistan: British journalist freed from Taliban
British journalist working for Channel 4, Asad Qureshi, was freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Pakistan for five months. Qureshi was...
Bahrain: Blogger Ali Abdulemam arrested
Blogger, author and founder of Bahrain's BahrainOnline forum, Ali Abdulemam was arrested on 4 September by Bahraini authorities for allegedly...
UK: 54 per cent rise in privacy cases
Cases involving privacy arguments have risen by 54 per cent in the last year, according to figures released by legal publishers Sweet & Maxwell....
Iraq: TV presenter shot dead
Iraqi television presenter, Riad al-Saray was shot today as he was leaving his home in Baghdad by unknown gunmen. He presented religious and...
Iran: Free speech lawyer arrested
A free speech defender and lawyer who has represented imprisoned journalists, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested on 5 September on charges of...
Afghanistan: TV journalist stabbed to death
Former TV presenter Sayed Hamid Noori was murderedat his home in Kabul on 5 September. He had been stabbed and his throat had been cut. The motives...