The 10th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have fought to expose censorship...
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Facebook threatens Daily Mail with libel action
Bill Thompson: ‘I Was a Daily Mail sub-editor’ What follows will sicken you…
Google and Stephen Fry attack digital bill
Emily Butselaar: ISPs, Google, Facebook, Yahoo say digital bill threatens free speech
Berezovsky wins libel case
UK-based Russian businessman Boris Berezovky has been awarded £150,000 by the high court in a libel case against Russian TV channel RTR Planeta,...
Burma: Junta publishes new election laws
Burma’s junta has set out laws governing the general election promised later this year, the new rules underline fears the vote is intended to...
Chinese government to intervene in Dalai Lama succession
The new Governor of Tibet has said that the Dalai Lama does not have a right to choose his successor and must instead must abide by the...
Togo bans French media
On the eve of this month’s presidential elections, the Togolese government refused to grant accreditation to French media outlets. Reporters without...
Iranian music journalist released on bail
Music journalist Behrang Tonekaboni who was detained by the Iranian authorities two months ago has been released on bail. Tonekaboni was arrested at...
Libel ‘silencing media in Liberia’
Libel lawsuits against Liberia's independent media are being used to silence dissenting voices in the West African country, according to Tom Kamara,...
China still denies links to Google cyber attacks
Investigators looking into web attacks on Google and dozens of other American companies last year have traced the intrusions to computers at...