The killing of documentary maker Christian Poveda in El Salvador represents a sad loss for a region much in need of greater understanding, writes Deborah Bonello
Death in El Salvador
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Gambian journalists pardoned
Six journalists imprisoned for sedition in Gambia have been pardoned by President Jammeh. Read more here
Khalid bin Mahfouz dead at 60
Billionaire Saudi banker Khalid bin Mahfouz, best known in Britain for a series of libel suits and legal threats against reporters and authors who connected his businesses with terror funding, has died of a heart attack at the age of 60. Read more...
Information Commissioner calls for tough sentences for privacy breaches
Christopher Graham says his office has been “let down by MPs”. Index on Censorship reports
Tissa sentence: the message to journalists is loud and clear
Lal Wickrematunge says the 20-year sentence handed to JS Tissainayagam is a warning to the Sri Lanka’s already embattled media
Zambian journalists charged with “contempt of court”
Editor-in-chief, Fred M'membe and the entire editorial staff of Zambia’s The Post have been summoned to appear in the dock after they published an article critical of the "pornography" charges brought against their colleague, news-editor Chansa...
Groucho Club in libel action
Renowned London media club moves to halt publication of claims in “exposé”. Index on Censorship and Journalism.co.uk report
Partial eclipse
Zuhra Bahman assesses media coverage of the election in Afghanistan and reports on how many dared defy government censorship
Protection racket
The Iraqi draft media law sparks fears of return to dark days of censorship and repression, say David Dadge and Anthony Mills from the International Press Institute
Afghan commitment to free expression weakened by election pressures
Short-term restrictions on freedom of expression in the run up to Thursday’s Afghan vote may mask deeper and longer term steps to curtail the rights of the media that independent journalists may find harder to resist, says Rohan Jayasekera