Zhao Lianhai, the father of one of about 300,000 children poisoned by tainted milk in 2008, has dropped his plans to appeal according to his lawyers. Last week, he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for organising support groups and a...
Three men were charged yesterday with the attempted murder of a journalist, news agency El Universal reported. Two of the men are reported to be policemen, while the third man has been recently convicted on charges of theft. The three were arrested...
A year after the Philippines witnessed the mass slaughter of 58 people, including 32 journalists, justice for the victims’ families seems a distant prospect. Harry Roque reports
Trainee accountant found guilty of sending “menacing” messages over Twitter, is to attempt to appeal his conviction before the High Court
Wangyi09’s twitter feed stops abruptly at 7:45AM on October 28. According to human rights groups, the Chinese rights activist, whose real name is Cheng Jianping, was detained later that day for a satirical tweet she had posted on October 17 which...
Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Sienna Miller and Samuel West take to the stage in support of the Belarus Free Theatre 5 December. Young Vic, London
Facebook, Yahoo!, AOL (UK), Mumsnet and the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) have written an open letter to the Prime Minister David Cameron calling for urgent reform of our libel laws.
A Swedish prosecutor today requested that Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks whistleblower website, be detained for interrogation concerning a re-opened sexual assault investigation. The application could lead to an international arrest warrant
A reporter and a photographer were hospitalised following a brutal beating by guards at the Princess Hotel (Playa del Carmen). An explosion had just occurred in the popular tourist resort, causing seven deaths and 17 injuries. The two reporters...
The ease with which the Metropolitan Police closed down the activist site is worrying, says Val Swain
Take that star Howard Donald has seen a super-injunction against an ex-girlfriend lifted. Is this another nail in the coffin for these restrictive measures, asks Mark Lewis
Journalist Guillaume Bontoux, working for the Spanish Radio Exterior, has landed in Gran Canaria last night after having been detained and interrogated by the police in Laayoune, West Sahara, for several hours. The journalist asserted to have...