Google has announced it will stop censoring search results in China after discovering that hackers have been targeting the company’s Gmail system in order to access the email accounts of Chinese human rights campaigners.
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Islam4UK ban a blow to free expression
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Mexican reporter found dead after kidnap
Valentín Valdés Espinosa, journalist of the newspaper Zócalo de Saltillo, was found dead On 8 January in the city of Saltillo, northern México....
The dangers of chronicling crime in Bulgaria
Murdered Bulgarian journalist Bobi Tsankov embraced life in the underworld.
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Sri Lanka: After Lasantha
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China: Film-maker jailed for six years
Film-maker Dhondup Wangchen has been jailed for six years in China for making a documentary which featured the unvarnished political views of...