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Sky joins BBC in refusing Gaza appeal
Sky News has informed the Disasters Emergency Committee that it will not be broadcasting an appeal for humanitarian aid for Gaza. John Ryley, the...
Gazeta staff ‘need guns’
Alexander Lebedev has announced that he has requested journalists on his Novaya Gazeta newspaper be allowed to carry guns. Novaya Gazeta journalist...
Singer Rihanna ‘too sexy’
The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is demanding that authorities ban R&B star Rihanna’s concert to be held in Kuala Lumpur on 13 February....
Wilders to face trial for Fitna
A Dutch court has ordered the prosecution of Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims. The charges...
Academic faces charges over book
Giles Ji Ungpakorn, professor of political science at the University of Chulalonkorn, has been charged with insulting the king in his book A Coup...
Russia: crimes without punishment
The murder of Anastasiya Baburova (right) and Stanislav Markelov is part of a brutal trend. Russians who stand up for human rights may pay with...
Journalist Baburova dies in hospital
Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasiya Baburova died in hospital yesterday evening after being shot in the head in central Moscow yesterday. Human...
Novaya Gazeta reporter shot
Anastasiya Baburova, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper funded by Alexander Lebedev, was seriously wounded in a shooting incident...