Ireland: blasphemy law comes before Dáil
Ukraine bans pornography
On 30 June, the Ukranian president Viktor Yushchenko, approved a law to make the possession of pornography a criminal offence. Punishment will include a fine and imprisonment of up to three years. The law has one loophole, specifying that pornography can be used for “medical reasons”.
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Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunga
Six months after the Sunday Leader editor was slain, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya looks at increasing state control of Sri Lankan media
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Iran: Mousavi newspaper journalists freed
On 6 July, 22 of the 25 jailed employees of Kalameh Sabz, the newspaper owned by Mir Hossein Mousavi were released. Three editorial staff are still in jail.
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