In a report yesterday by the New York Times(NYT), an anonymous source identified some of the information stolen in the December cyberattack on...
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Bahrain bans sharing news on BlackBerrys
The Bahrain Ministry of Information and Culture announced a ban on sharing local news with BlackBerry mobile devices last week. A ministry official,...
Philippines to stop “culture of impunity”
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for all presidential candidates standing in the Filipino general election in May to...
CIA destruction of video tapes documented
Internal CIA e-mails show the former agency head, Porter Goss, approved a decision by one of his top aides to destroy 92 videotapes documenting the...
France: TV channel fined for reporting Bruni affair rumours
A Paris court has fined the France 24 news channel for repeating rumours that first lady Carla Bruni was having an affair with a French pop singer....
Azerbaijan: Authorities clamp down on protesters
On April 14, 47 members of the opposition Musavat (Equality) Party were detained for participating in a demonstration in Baku, in the first...
Turkey: Hrant Dink murder investigation reopened
The investigation into alleged police involvement in the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is to be reopened. Dink was the...
Sudanese journalist charged with ‘waging war’
A leading Sudanese journalist is facing a lengthy prison term after being charged with “waging war against the state”. The National Press Council’s...
Kyrgyzstan: Microsoft denies censorship claims
Microsoft has denied claims that its staff were involved in the silencing of internet television station Stan TV, which was raided by police on...
Peru: radio director facing 10 years in prison
Geovanni Acate, director of Radio Televisión Oriente, is facing a 10-year prison sentence after being charged with disrupting public tranquility and...
France: newspaper fined for reporting Bruni rumour
France: A Paris court has fined the France 24 news channel for reporting press rumours that first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was having an affair with...
China: earthquakes unearths tensions
According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun the Chinese Central Propaganda Department has issued guidelines on reporting of the Qinghai earthquake...