A media ban on a corruption trial involving several leading Jordanian figures and the former Minister of Finance has been issued by a military court...
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Afghan media allowed to cover live attacks, “disturbing” images disallowed
Afghanistan has watered down plans to ban the media from reporting on live attacks. Authorities had claimed such reports would embolden militants,...
Microsoft Bing filters gay and lesbian search terms
A recent report by the OpenNet Initiative has revealed that search terms in both Arabic and English relating to homosexuality are censored in some...
Google poised to close Chinese search engine
According to an internal source quoted in the Financial Times, Google is "99% certain" to close the Chinese version of its search engine after...
Pro-Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal
Thirty-four Tibetans were arrested in Kathmandu last Wednesday, for staging demonstrations. The protests, outside a Buddhist monastery and the...
China prepares journalism ‘training’ changes
Journalists working in China will now be required to undergo training in Marxist and communist theories of news. The General Administration of Press...
Turkish editor faces jail for insulting president
Baris Yarkadas, editor of online newspaper Gercek Gündem, faces five years in jail for failing to remove a comment posted on his website insulting...
Rwanda journalist reported missing
A prominent independent Rwandan reporter is missing amid concerns that security forces are cracking down on dissenters. The Ugandan news agency...
Asian countries lead internet enemy report
Reporters Without Borders has named Burma, China, North Korea and Vietnam as among the worst violators of freedom of expression on the internet. The...
Cambodian media ‘threatened’ by government
The Cambodian government has used “threats, intimidation and legal action” to reduce the quantity of independent media reporting in the country, a...
Defamation silences Mongolian journalists
A new report has claimed that the Mongolian government routinely uses defamation legislation against journalists exposing corruption or abuses of...
Sri Lanka attorney promises to protect journalists
The Sri Lankan Attorney General has assured exiled journalists that they will not be prosecuted if they return to the country. Mohan Peiris said...