Two employees of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, the country's only gay and lesbian advocacy group, have been arrested after police raided their offices. Ellen Chademana and Ignatius Muhambi were accused of possessing pornographic materials and...
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Eritrea has held Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak without charge for eight years. The west must stand up to this brutal regime, says his brother Esayas Isaak
As the Mail on Sunday continues to take criticism for reporting the taped conversations of the FA chief, Brian Cathcart asks if it’s ever right to secretly record private conversations
Peruvian community radio activists honoured in Lima. Ángel García Català reports
Blogger and author Zoe Margolis has been awarded a "five-figure" amount in costs and damages from the Independent on Sunday after the newspaper wrongly labelled her a "hooker". Margolis's whose blog Girl With A One Track Mind became famous for its...
The extradition of UK hacker Gary McKinnon to the United States has been put on hold by the new Home Secretary, Theresa May. McKinnon is wanted by US authorities after he hacked into Defence Department and Nasa databases. His supporters claim that...
The South East Asia Press Alliance’s statement on media casualties in Bangkok
A book by the Scottish author Irvine Welsh has been banned in Malta. The University of Malta has taken Walsh’s novel Porno off its library shelves. Malta’s censorship laws state that “obscene or pornographic” literature should not be available to...
Index at Hay: John Kampfner, 30 May
Mr Justice Eady today put a permanent stay on a libel case brought by an Indian holy man against British journalist Hardeep Singh. Mr Eady ruled that a 2007 article in the UK-based Sikh Times, in which Singh implied Sikh holy man Sant Baba Jeet...
Index at Hay: Copyright, Copyleft and Artistic Freedom in the Information Age: Who Owns the Words? 6 June