Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese dissident who disappeared in February 2009, said late Wednesday that she had not heard from...
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Ukrainian editor on trial for doubting 1930s genocide
Sergei Shvedko, chief editor of the Rodnoye Priyapovye, is to go on trial for expressing doubts that the Holodomor --- the 1930s famine in which...
Azerbaijani journalists forbidden from filming subjects
Laws were revised late last Friday forbidding journalists from filming, recording or photographing subjects without their express permission....
Burma: pro-democracy deputy leader Tin Oo freed
Burma's junta has released the co-founder of the National League for Democracy, Tin Oo after nearly seven years in detention. Tin, who established...
Nigerian editor threatened with defamation charges
Mallam Tukur, editor and publisher of Desert Herald, an independent weekly in Kaduna state, has been arrested and threatened with prosecution on...
France fast-tracks internet censorship bill
France's has fast-tracked a law allowing the government to block websites. Amendments seeking judicial oversight and clauses specifying pages not...
China: Missing lawyer located
Chinese authorities have told the US human rights group, the Dui Hua Foundation, that Gao Zhisheng - a human rights lawyer who has been missing for...
Turkish-Armenian newspaper website hacked
Hackers took control of the website of Agos, a leading Turkish-Armenian newspaper last Friday, the cyber-attackers uploaded images of the alleged...
British documentary film maker detained in Gaza
British freelance journalist and documentary film maker Paul Martin was detained at a Gaza courthouse yesterday on the orders of Hamas officials....
Manga collector sentenced to six months in prison
Christopher Handley, 39-year-old office worker, was sentenced on 11 february to six months in prison for mailing obscene matter, and “possession of...
Iceland plans journalism haven
Laws protecting journalists and their sources are to be proposed next Tuesday. Julian Assange, editor of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, has been...
Berlusconi silences TV critics
Prime minister Silvio Belusconi's party has pushed through rules which will drastically circumscribe political content during the run-up to Italy's...