Editor-in-chief, Fred M'membe and the entire editorial staff of Zambia’s The Post have been summoned to appear in the dock after they published an article critical of the "pornography" charges brought against their colleague, news-editor Chansa...
Freedom of Information campaigner Heather Brooke has been asked to remove public domain material from her blog
Madonna was booed by thousands of fans when she spoke against "discrimination of Romanies and Gypsies in Eastern Europe" during a concert in Romania. She paused during her show and said: "It made me feel very sad." Thousands in the crowd of 60,000...
Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez sent a media reform bill to Congress that would allocate a third of broadcast frequencies to private companies, a third to state broadcasters and the rest to non-profit organizations such as churches and...
The murder of Natalia Estimerova was a stark reminder of the dangers human rights workers in Chechnya face when trying to draw attention to the region, writes Memorial’s Dokka Itslaev
Stella Estremera, editor-in-chief and Virginia Agtay, news editor of the Sun Star Davao have both received death threats in the Philippines. The threats which came in the form of text messages warned that “a single bullet would be enough for you...
A play which looks at the war in Iraq from three different viewpoints has won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. Palace of the End by Judith Thompson was described by the human rights organisation as "a truly formidable piece of...
Photojournalist Marc Vallée has been criticising Climate Camp’s handling saying on his blog he was forced to wear a “media badge”, and that his request for a copy of the code of conduct for journalists was refused. He argued that the camp’s policy...
Human rights advocates in China indicated that Zhuang Lu, the office assistant at the prominent human rights law centre Gongmeng may not have been released, as was previously stated. Ms Zhuang made a short phone call to her mother on 26 August in...
Malu Halasa, Simon Ardizonne and Padraig Reidy discuss the plight of the Canadian Iranian journalist
Investigative journalist, Enrico Porsia’s car has been blown up near the Southern Corsican town Porto Vecchio, where he is currently on holiday. Porsia was not injured but believes it may have been an intimidation attempt linked to stories he has...
Manal Omar says European controversies about “burkinis” are patriarchal and patronising