A radio journalist for DWEB, a private station based in Manila, was shot twice in the back on his way to work. Romeo Olea's wife said that he had received death threats and police believe the murder is linked to Olea's recent stories criticising a...
Chinese authorities evicted Zeng Jinyan, the wife of imprisoned AIDs and free speech activist Hu Jia, from her home in Shenzhen today. Zeng is also a human rights activist and keeps a blog and twitter account. Authorities are now warning Zeng that...
The British press loves to hate high court judge Sir David Eady for his judgments in privacy cases. He talks to
Joshua Rozenberg about balancing rights
Former U.S. National Security Agency employee, Thomas Drake, agreed to a plea bargain that will reduce his charges from a felony under the Espionage Act to a misdemeanor for misusing the agency’s computer system. In this new scheme, prosecutors...
Who needs privacy? It’s a human right that isn’t just a concern for the rich and powerful wishing to shield their private lives from the media. Today, it's an urgent issue for anyone who communicates online. In Privacy is dead! Long live privacy,...
The theft of hundreds of Gmail account passwords last week by Chinese hackers from Jinan city in Shandong province left many of us feeling vulnerable. But there are ways in which to avoid becoming the next victim of a phishing scam. The official...
Sakhi Rigi was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for critiquing the 2009 Iranian presidential elections on his blog. He was arrested in 18 June 2009 and has received the longest sentence given to an Iranian blogger. Yesterday (8...
The Palestinian Authority has prohibited local journalists from covering a report documenting human rights abuses committed by the authority and Hamas against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority claimed the...
After police used tear gas and batons to stop a celebrity on hunger strike, what hope is there for non-violent protest in India?
Leo Mirani reports
A vague directive last month for domestic TV stations not to focus solely on “entertainment” inspired the Financial Times to dig deeper. Last week the paper spoke to China’s most successful commercial TV station, Hunan Broadcasting System, which...
Two men kidnapped Channel 22 director Mario Esteban López last night (6 June), tied a rope around his neck and forced him to drive to a secluded area where they poured gasoline on him. Fortunately the abductors' matches also got covered in petrol...
Ali Pour Soleiman, a blogger and teacher was arrested in Iran last week according to HRANA, the human rights activists news agency. He was a member of the Teacher's Association wrote for Sokhane Molem a teacher's blog. The charges he faces are...