Yahya Hassan has caused nationwide debate with his poetry, which is critical of Islam and parts of the Danish immigrant community
Denmark: arrest and protest as reading by controversial poet goes ahead
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Twenty-four hour arty people
Julia Farrington hits the north for the Art Party conference
UN makes 2 November International Day To End Impunity
A United Nations committee on human rights passed resolution on day recognising crimes against journalists
Journalists caught in Bangladesh crossfire
Despite a thriving media sector, Bangladesh has seen a surge in violence against journalists. Samira Shackle reports
On Leveson, language and topsy-turviness
A response to the Media Standards Trust’s Martin Moore
Uganda: Journalists intimidated as political crisis grips Kampala
As the Ugandan government moves to impeach the lord mayor of the capital, journalists are being threatened for reporting on the process. Edward Ronald Sekyewa reports
UN to vote on official day to end impunity
The Third Committee of the UN will take the first steps today on voting whether the International Day to End Impunity will become an official day in the UN calendar
Belarus publisher loses licence after printing protest pictures
Exhibition catalogue included pictures of bloodied anti-Lukashenko demonstrator
French magazine raises specter of racism and press freedoms
An obscure 16 page-long French far-right magazine recently put France’s black justice minister Christiane Taubira on its cover, comparing her to a monkey. Valeria Costa-Kostritsky reports on the fallout
Why no conviction for the men who killed Martin O’Hagan?
On the eve of International Day to End Impunity, the murderers of a Belfast journalist still evade justice, writes Padraig Reidy