Chinese authorities have told the US human rights group, the Dui Hua Foundation, that Gao Zhisheng - a human rights lawyer who has been missing for...
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Turkish-Armenian newspaper website hacked
Hackers took control of the website of Agos, a leading Turkish-Armenian newspaper last Friday, the cyber-attackers uploaded images of the alleged...
British documentary film maker detained in Gaza
British freelance journalist and documentary film maker Paul Martin was detained at a Gaza courthouse yesterday on the orders of Hamas officials....
Guardian round table examines Libel Reform
Emily Butselaar: Guardian round table examines Libel Reform
Times man attacked by BNP
Padraig Reidy: members of the British National Party attacked Times journalist Dominic Kennedy after taking exception to an unfavourable article
Iceland plans journalism haven
Laws protecting journalists and their sources are to be proposed next Tuesday. Julian Assange, editor of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, has been...
Berlusconi silences TV critics
Prime minister Silvio Belusconi's party has pushed through rules which will drastically circumscribe political content during the run-up to Italy's...
Human rights activists detained in Chechnya
Officials detained for 15 hours three human rights activists who were attempting to compile a list of missing persons. Aleksandr Cherkasov of the...
China: Dissident Liu Xiaobo’s prison term upheld
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's's appeal against a 11-year prison sentence rejected by a court in Beijing. Liu was convicted six weeks ago on charges...
Uzbek photographer pledges to appeal guilty verdict
An award winning Uzbek photographer sentenced to jail after a court ruled she had insulted the nation, has been released thanks to an amnesty....