Six months after the Sunday Leader editor was slain, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya looks at increasing state control of Sri Lankan media Not long before...
Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunga
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Ireland: blasphemy law a backward step
The government should not be creating new laws to enforce provisions written in the reactionary 1930s, says Michael Nugent This Wednesday the Irish...
“So many people genuinely believe in the freedom of the press”
Suzanne Breen describes her battle to protect her sources from police in Northern Ireland Nobody expected us to win. Just by mentioning of the word...
Another victim of an archaic law
Darryn Walker has suffered unemployment and vilification for writing a pornographic story. The censorious obscenity law that allows this to happen...
Azerbaijan: new law will leave NGOs in limbo
An oppressive new set of rules on the free expression of civil society groups will put Azerbaijan on a par with its totalitarian neighbours, says...
Anna Politkovskaya: retrial must hear new evidence
The family of the slain journalist has called for the retrial of those accused of involvement in her murder to include a comprehensive new...
Azerbaijan: Reading about God is dangerous
Azerbaijan has a new, harsher religion law and new penalties for producing, selling, circulating, importing and exporting religious literature...
Venezuela: Chávez’s war on independent media
Steps taken by the government to remove Globovisión’s free-to-air licence poses a fresh threat to the country’s independent media. Daniel Duquenal...
Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa rules the media
The reintroduction of the government-run press council is another marker of the decline of Sri Lanka's democracy, says Uvindu Kurukulasuriya "Four...
Expenses scandal is a watershed for freedom of information
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames The Telegraph may –-- or may not –-- have reached the...