A verdict in the trial of a webmaster accused of failing to quickly remove online comments deemed insulting to Thailand's royalty has been...
Thailand: Webmaster’s lese majeste verdict delayed
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Marta Cooper
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Murdochs booked in for three-day grilling at Leveson Inquiry
Rupert and James Murdoch are set to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards next week. Two days have been set aside for Rupert...
Brazil: Police officer killed while investigating journalist’s murder
A police officer investigating a journalist’s murder was shot dead on Saturday by two men on a motorcycle in Ponta Porã on the Brazil-Paraguay...
Azerbaijan: Index award-winning journalist Idrak Abbasov brutally beaten
Azerbaijani journalist and Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally assaulted today and remains in hospital.
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Russia: “Truth about Russians” video deemed extremist
A video posted online titled "All the Truth about Russians," was ruled extremist by a Novosibirsk court on Monday. The video, posted on social...
Namibia: Journalist wins libel case against Swapo
Freelance journalist John Grobler has won a libel case against Namibia's ruling Swapo party. On Friday (13 April), the party was ordered to pay...
Russia: St Petersburg “gay censor” court case postponed
A St Petersburg judge has postponed a hearing faced by chairman of the Russian LGBT Network and an independent attorney under the city's new...
Chinese dissident authors criticise British Council at unofficial London Book Fair event
Marta Cooper Chinese dissident authors criticise British Council at unofficial London Book Fair event
Northern Ireland: Man fined for posting anti-Catholic abuse on Facebook
A man from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was fined £250 for writing "Kill all Taigs" --- a pejorative term for Catholics --- and "Fuck The Pope"...
Comoros: Newspaper supplement withdrawn
The Comoros' interior minister Ahamada Abdallah has withdrawn state daily Al Watan’s latest monthly supplement from distribution and issued a decree...
Vietnam: New online censorship rules drafted
Google, Facebook, and other internet companies may be required cooperate with Vietnamese authorities in removing content from their sites, based on...
Belarus: Activists arrested for laying flowers at Minsk metro station
Activists in Minsk have been arrested for laying flowers and detained by police at Kastrychnitskaya metro station during a ceremony to open a...