Kosuke Tsuneoka, a freelance Japanese journalist who has been missing since March 31, has been found imprisoned in the province of Baghlan,...
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Google renounces Chinese internet licence
Google has failed to renew its internet content provider licence in China, which expired at the end of March. This will not affect its Google.cn...
UK: Court rules original publisher not liable for search engine results
A publisher should not be held responsible for a libel created by the out-of-context publication of material by a search engine, the High Court has...
A victory for Singh but a setback for Jack Straw
John Kampfner: Jack Straw’s plans for libel reform faces parliamentary hitch
For once, a court decision that gladdens the heart
John Kampfner: For once, a court decision that gladdens the heart
Google detects politically motivated malware attacks in Vietnam
Google's Security blog has revealed that a number of malicious malware attacks on Vietnamese computers have been specifically designed to spy on and...
China to spend four billion on improving state media
The Chinese government has reportedly invested £4bn to expanding the nation’s news networks and media channels. Newspapers such as the China Daily...
Photography exhibition ban lifted in Bangladesh
On Tuesday, after a High Court hearing, a ban was lifted on an exhibition by photographer Dr. Shahidul Alam. The exhibition, named “Crossfire”,...
UK: School bans play fearing community tensions
A production of a new play about the British National Party and homophobia has been pulled from the stage in Dudley. Philip Ridley’s Moonfleece was...
Estonia: world press groups condemn threat to independent reporting
The World Association of Newpapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum, and the European Newspaper Publishers Association have called on...