The dissident human rights lawyer --- missing for over a year until he resurfaced last month --- has been reported missing again by his family. In...
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Sri Lankan president pardons J S Tissainayagam
President Mahinda Rajapaska has pardoned a journalist sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of supporting terrorism. Tyssainayagam,...
Elton John concert banned in Egypt
Elton John was banned from playing a private show on 18 May after the head of Egypt’s musician union denounced his “anti-religious sentiments”....
UAE to monitor internet use
The United Arab Emirates authorities is to monito internet users in public places such as malls and cyber cafes according to a report from the...
Cuba: Blogger sentenced to 20 months in prison
An independent journalist and blogger has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on charges that had not yet been made known. Dania Virgen García was...
Saudi Arabia breaks website censoring record
The Saudi Arabian government broke the Arabic record for the fastest time to block a new website, clocking in at just 15 hours. On 25 April, they...
Violent M.I.A music video banned on Youtube
Musician M.I.A's video for her new single Born Free has been banned from Youtube just days after it was released. The controversial video, directed...
Campaigners decry Sri Lanka’s new media minister
The newly elected President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, appointed Mervyn Silva as the deputy minister for media and information on Friday....
China tightens rules on protection of state secrets
An amendment to laws on guarding state secrets could force communication providers to cooperate with the country's security apparatus over the...
International probe into Honduran journalist murders
International human rights monitors are to investigate the murders of journalists in Honduras. Since the beginning of March, seven reporters have...
US blogger’s computers seized
Police in California have been accused of breaking the state’s journalist shield law. On Sunday, officers seized computers belonging to Jason Chen,...
Egypt: Classic book faces ban
A team of lawyers called for the ban of Arabic classic A Thousand and One Nights on 17 April. The lawyers, from the "Actio popularis" group, filed a...