Three Channel 4 reporters have been deported from Sri Lanka after broadcasting details on living conditions and alleged sexual abuse on war refugees in displacement camps. Read more here
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Lebedev ‘cannot pay staff’
Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev has delayed payment to 120 staff on his award-winning Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, after running into financial difficulties. Read more here
US cyberbully bill is ‘threat to free speech’
American bloggers say proposals for a new law, potentially making illegal to criticise or mock people online, will threaten freedom of expression. Read more here
Ivory Coast frees French reporter
French investigative journalist Jean-Paul Ney, has been bailed from prison in the Ivory Coast after 16 months without trial. Read more here
Index on Censorship wins ‘torture secret’ legal battle
Media organisations including Index on Censorship won a major victory on Wednesday night as UK judges agreed to reconsider a ruling to keep information about the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed. The media groups claim that...
US ‘banned list’ DJ to sue Britain
US radio talk show host Michael Savage has said he will sue the British government for defamation after being placed on a Home Office list of people banned from entering the UK. Read more here
Roxana Saberi ends two-week hunger strike
Jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has ended a two-week hunger strike, according to her father. Read more here
Burma named worst place in world for bloggers
A report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists has named Burma, Iran and Syria amongst the worst countries for bloggers. Read more here
UK ‘least wanted’ list published
The Home Office has released a list of sixteen people banned from entering the UK for their extremist views. The list includies Islamists, white supremacists and a right-wing US talk show host. Read more here
‘Banned’ poet becomes first female laureate
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's first female poet laureate. Read more here