The U.S. government is covertly testing technology in China and Iran that lets residents break through screens set up by their governments to limit...
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Iraqi protests against censorship
Journalists, writers and booksellers united in Baghdad today to stage a protest against censorship. The protesters are concerned about encroachments...
Iran inmates “tortured to death”
Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi said on his website that some of those detained after the country's disputed June presidential...
Saudi Arabia shuts TV station over sex row
Saudi authorities have closed an office of an Arab TV station after it broadcast an interview with a man speaking frankly about sex and showing off...
Tunisian government smears Al Jazeera
A government campaign is taking place in Tunisia to discredit Al Jazeera as "the mouthpiece of opposition" to President Ben Ali’s government...
Iran admits protesters were tortured
Iran's police chief, Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, has acknowledged that protesters detained in post-election unrest were tortured in custody, but says...
Iran: Leading press organisation shut down
Iranian authorities have shut down the Association of Iranian Journalists, when armed men raided and sealed the Tehran offices. Five journalists...
Hillary Clinton offers support to Maziar Bahari
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the United States has “expressed our concern about Maziar Bahari’s confinement and trial” to the...
Hamas screens first feature length film
On 1 August, Hamas screened its first feature length film. It documents the life of Imad Aqel, a Palestinian militant accused by the Israelis of...
Twitter under attack
Social networking site Twitter has come under a denial of service (DNS) attack, the site reports. The source of the attack is unkown. Twitter was a...