Suwicha Thakhor, a Thai blogger, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment after pleading guilt to lèse majesté charges. Thakhor is alleged to...
Thai blogger sentenced to ten years
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Indonesia: reporters arrested
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Soap lesbian kiss censored
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Australian ‘hacktivists’ attack classification website
The Australian National Classification Board’s website was hacked into just before Senator Stephen Conroy went onto television to defended the...
Media alerts in lead up to G20 demonstrations
As UK citizens prepare to exercise their freedom of expression at demonstrations during the upcoming week of the G20 summit, the media continues to...
DPP to investigate MI5 over torture allegations
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The slow death of freedom of expression
The United Nations Human Rights Council today passed a resolution aimed at restricting criticism of religion, or 'religious defamation'. Roy W Brown...