The 403 Access Denied Checker has been designed to help activists in nations with extensive online censorship to test local blockages. The software aims to make it easy for any one to quickly check a huge number of URLs and share the result with the public. Its main goal is help get feedback for people with no access to experts, who are living under repressive regimes.
Two US journalists arrested in North Korea near its border with China in March are set to face trial on June 4. Read more here
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to face trial on 18 May for breaching the conditions of her detention under house arrest. The charges come after American writer John Yettaw swam across Inya lake to her house uninvited and stayed there secretly for two days. Read more here
The Ministry of Defence has banned UK troops in Iraq and Afghanistan from looking at The Sun’s page3.com website deeming it inappropriate for soldiers. Read more here