An amendment to youth welfare legislation set to go before the Tokyo Metropolitan General Assembly today could potentially ban all provocative...
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The pixillators of Kabul
Padraig Reidy: Afghan authorities are fighting a losing battle against Bollywood.
Big Libel Gig podcast and video
Padraig Reidy: video and podcast from the Big Libel Gig
Missing Chinese lawyer charged with subversion
Lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been charged with subverting state power, Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi made the annoucement during a news...
Danes ask EU to curb English libel law
Padraig Reidy: Danes ask EU to curb English libel law
Indonesian censorship laws ‘blocks discussions on impunity’
The Asian Human Rights Commission yesterday condemned the Indonesian governments ban of books and films under the guise of maintaining “public...
Jordanian court bans reporting of corruption trial
A media ban on a corruption trial involving several leading Jordanian figures and the former Minister of Finance has been issued by a military court...
Microsoft Bing filters gay and lesbian search terms
A recent report by the OpenNet Initiative has revealed that search terms in both Arabic and English relating to homosexuality are censored in some...
Tributes for veteran Sudanese human rights champion
Tributes for veteran Sudanese human rights champion, Abdel Salam Hassan Abdel Salam
Pro-Tibet protesters arrested in Nepal
Thirty-four Tibetans were arrested in Kathmandu last Wednesday, for staging demonstrations. The protests, outside a Buddhist monastery and the...