The sacking of Moscow’s mayor Yuri Luzhkov this week brings an end to a long-running feud between the Kremlin and Moscow city government, Grigory Pasko watches as a well-known enemy of free speech cries foul
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Russia: guarantee to pursue journalist murder cases
Top Russian investigators say they guarantee to pursue 19 cases of murdered journalists presented to them by a delegation from the Committee to...
Uzbekistan: Human rights activist convicted of libel
Human rights campaigner Surat Ikramov was found guilty on libel charges on 28 September for an article he published about the suspicious death of...
Hossein Derakhshan may face death penalty
Following reports this week that Hossein Derakhshan, the “blogfather”, may face the death penalty, his friend Sandrine Murcia writes about why he decided to return to Iran
UK: Six men arrested over suspected Koran-burning
Police have arrested six men on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after they posted a video on the Internet in which they appear to burn two...
Drug cartels divide the Mexican press
Following Mexican newspaper El Diario’s front-page appeal this week, Ana Arana explains why journalists in Mexico remain divided over whether to negotiate with drug cartels
Uganda: Police to vet public gatherings
Kampala metropolitan police chief Andrew Sorowen announced on 20 September that public gatherings involving more than five people must be cleared by...
Media murders: How to end impunity?
The unsolved case of Ukrainian journalist, Georgiy Gongadze, highlights concerns for press freedom in post-Soviet states. Lauren Davis and Priyanka Boghani report
Honduras: Radio journalist survives assassination attempt
On 14 September Luis Galdámez, a radio journalist working for Radio Globo in Honduras, was targeted by unidentified assassins. He was ambushed as he...
UK: Clare Balding’s complaint upheld by PCC
Columnist AA Gill has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over his "dyke with a bike" comment in reference to the BBC's Clare...