The headquarters of Venezuelan newspaper Versión Final, in the city of Maracaibo, was shot at nine times on 3 June, making the attack the third of...
Venezuela: Third news outlet attacked in a week
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Marta Cooper
Marta Cooper
Mexico: Constitutional amendment makes attacks on press a federal offence
A constitutional amendment was given final approval in Mexico yesterday [7 June] making attacks on the press a federal offence in Mexico. The...
China: Dissident found dead
Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, who was jailed for over 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, was found dead in a hospital ward in...
Mexico: Columnist threatened after criticising presidential candidate
Political columnist Katia D’Artigues, of Mexican newspaper El Universal, has said she and her son have received death threats via Twitter for having...
UK: Spectator fined after admitting reporting breach
The Spectator has been ordered to pay £5,600 after admitting a November 2011 article about the trial of Stephen Lawrence's killers breached a court...
Belarus: Andrei Sannikov not allowed to leave country
Former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was removed from a train travelling from Minsk to Vilnius at a station near the Lithuanian...
Kuwait: 10-year sentence for Twitter blasphemer
A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of endangering state security as a result of messages he sent on...
Azerbaijan: Outspoken blogger released
An Azerbaijani blogger who had spent 15 months in prison for criticising the government was granted an early release by the supreme court on Monday....
Britain’s press needs a strong public interest defence
The Leveson Inquiry should not forget the need to protect British journalism, says Marta Cooper
Leveson Inquiry reveals Jeremy Hunt congratulated James Murdoch on BSkyB progress
Marta Cooper: Leveson Inquiry reveals Jeremy Hunt’s texts to James Murdoch and George Osborne
"If the tone of newspapers had been different in the last 20 years, we'd have 30,000 fewer prisoners" – Ken Clarke tells Leveson
Marta Cooper: “If the tone of newspapers had been different in the last 20 years, we’d have 30,000 fewer prisoners”, Ken Clarke tells Leveson
Vince Cable tells of "veiled threats" to Liberal Democrats
Business secretary Vince Cable has said he had heard of "veiled threats" to his party connected with News Corp's bid for full control of satellite...