In response to an open letter from Index and a number of media freedom groups, Foreign Secretary William Hague outlines the Coalition Government's...
Foreign Secretary responds to open letter on freedom of expression
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Marta Cooper
Marta Cooper
Vietnam: Journalist who exposed corruption arrested
Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Khuong was arrested this week on suspicion of bribery after he ran an expose on corruption among traffic police in...
India: Anti-corruption cartoon website suspended
Cartoons Against Corruption, the website of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been suspended by its internet host after complaints that it...
Brazil: Radio reporter shot dead
Brazilian radio reporter Laécio de Souza was shot dead by two men yesterday in Salvador, in the north east of the country. Police said the...
Ivory Coast: TV presenter released on bail after five months in prison
Ivorian television presenter Hermann Aboa was released on bail on 30 December after five months in prison. Aboa, a presenter with national state-run...
Argentina: Two reporters detained, stripped during human trafficking investigation
An Argentinian TV reporter and cameraman were beaten, ordered to strip and threatened with death while investigating reports of human trafficking on...
Chinese dissident lawyer held in Xinjiang, brother says
The brother of Chinese dissident human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has told two news agencies that his brother is now in a Xinjiang prison, being the...
Ethiopia: Swedish journalists jailed on terrorism charges
An Ethiopian court has sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the pair illegally entered...
China: activist jailed for nine years for “subversive writing”
Chinese pro-democracy activist Chen Wei has been sentence to nine years' imprisonment for inciting subversion over four essays he wrote and...
McCann coverage an "obsession" for Express editor, Inquiry told
Marta Cooper: McCann coverage an “obsession” for Express editor, Inquiry told
Phone hacking a "bog-standard journalistic tool", ex-Mirror reporter tells Inquiry
Marta Cooper: Phone hacking a “bog-standard journalistic tool”, ex-Mirror reporter tells Inquiry
Daily Mirror journalists did not hack phones, Piers Morgan tells Inquiry
Marta Cooper: Daily Mirror journalists did not hack phones, Morgan tells Inquiry