Marta Cooper: Blogging the Leveson Inquiry: Evidence to begin in November
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Ai Weiwei: “maybe being powerful means to be fragile”
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been named the most powerful person in the art world in ArtReview magazine's Power 100 poll, which rates the...
Blogging the Leveson Inquiry: Paul Dacre goes on the attack
Marta Cooper: Blogging the Leveson Inquiry: Paul Dacre goes on the attack
Blogger reaches 50th day of hunger strike
Maikel Nabil Sanad is today entering his 50th day of hunger strike. The Egyptian blogger has been abstaining from food since 23 August in protest of...
Watergate reporter emphasises need for free speech at Guardian event
Marta Cooper: Watergate reporter emphasises need for free speech at Guardian event
“Detained” reporter refutes New York Times article
We've been alerted to a debate that has arisen regarding our post on Monday 26 September, in which we noted that the New York Times had reported...
Peru: Journalists sentenced to house arrest for defamation
Two Peruvian journalists accused of defamation were last week sentenced to two years in prison, although on suspended sentences which involve house...
Leveson Inquiry panel status challenged at hearing
Marta Cooper: Leveson Inquiry panel status challenged at hearing
Mexico: Reporter goes missing in Veracruz
Mexican reporter Manuel Gabriel Fonseca Hernández, who covers crime for El Mañanero de Acayucan, a newspaper in the south of Veracruz state, has...
Reporter detained for article on sex slavery
It was revealed last week that a Chinese man who imprisoned six women as sex slaves in a self-dug cellar was arrested in Luoyang city, Henan...
The Law Society Public Debate: Privacy, Free Press and the Public Interest
Marta Cooper: Privacy, free press and the public interest
China: Journalist killed after ‘gutter’ oil investigation
A Chinese journalist broke the story of a health scandal on the sale of cooking oil dredged from gutters was stabbed to death on Monday. Li Xiang,...