The Chinese government has reportedly invested £4bn to expanding the nation’s news networks and media channels. Newspapers such as the China Daily...
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Photography exhibition ban lifted in Bangladesh
On Tuesday, after a High Court hearing, a ban was lifted on an exhibition by photographer Dr. Shahidul Alam. The exhibition, named “Crossfire”,...
Peru: Journalist claims there is a plot to kill him
On 25 March, Alfredo Zamora Nolly, a journalist from Radio LEGT and host of the programme Poder Popular, was warned by a phone call that someone was...
UK: School bans play fearing community tensions
A production of a new play about the British National Party and homophobia has been pulled from the stage in Dudley. Philip Ridley’s Moonfleece was...
Estonia: world press groups condemn threat to independent reporting
The World Association of Newpapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum, and the European Newspaper Publishers Association have called on...
Venezuela: journalist sentence to two years in prison
On 25 March, journalist Gustavo Azocar, host of “Café con Azócar,” a news and political commentary of Televisora del Táchira, was sentenced to two...
Argentina: journalist’s car burned
On 28 March, unknown persons attacked and burned the car of journalist Adela Gómez, from Radio 21, in Santa Cruz province (southern part of...
Malta: MEPs asked to raise concerns over censorship
The Maltese Front Against Censorship has asked the country's MEPs to raise the country's case in the European Parliament. The Front is concerned...
Further blockages for Google in China
Yesterday Chinese users of the Google.cn search engine faced problems accessing results for normal terms such as “dog” or “home”. Although Google...
Australia: Games company drops libel action against English blogger
The American games company Envoy has dropped its libel suit against the English blogger Bruce Everiss. Envoy was suing Everiss for libel in an...
Hip-hop video causes riots in Sri Lanka
Last Monday, hundreds of protestors attacked the offices of the Maharaja Television offices in Colombo, injuring four workers and smashing many...
Author arrested in Sri Lanka
Expatriate Sri Lankan author, Sarah Malini Perera, has been arrested in whilst on holiday Sri Lanka for writing two books— From Darkness to Light...