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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan: Editor Eynulla Fatullayev loses appeal
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has lost an appeal against his drugs conviction. Baku Appellate Court dismissed Fatullayev's plea to have his sentence reduced by two months. Fatullayev had the term of his detention prolonged by eight...
Foreign Office report on human rights skims over UK record
Focus, partnership and joined-up advocacy in defence of human rights – the UK Foreign Office’s lost vocation, as revealed by the diplomats’ own annual report.
Rohan Jayasekera comments
Shortlist announcement for the Freedom of Expression Awards 2010
Honouring those who, often at great personal risk, have fought to expose censorship and abuse
Awards auction: Lots include villas in France & Italy, a Patrick Hughes painting and a guitar lesson with Mark Knopfler
Jon Venables: the price of justice
The right to a fair trial can override free expression, says Carl Gardner
Michael Foot – free speech champion
Michael Foot was not only a principled politician, writes Paul Anderson. The former Labour party leader was a passionate journalist and a lifelong defender of free expression
Judge ‘baffled’ by Simon Singh chiropractic case
The Lord Chief Justice expressed surprised today at the BCA’s libel suit against Simon Singh. Padraig Reidy reports
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GE Healthcare drops Thomsen libel suit
Drug firm GE Healthcare has dropped its libel suit against Danish doctor Henrik Thomsen, who had criticised the company's product, Omniscan. Read more here
Azerbaijani journalists forbidden from filming subjects
Laws were revised late last Friday forbidding journalists from filming, recording or photographing subjects without their express permission. Parliamentarian Panah Huseynov claims this is a move to restrict the freedom of press and announced he...