Lawyers for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange are to appeal his extradition to Sweden to face a sexual assault investigation. Judge Howard Riddle ruled today that the European Arrest Warrant issued by a Swedish prosecutor was valid, and that Assange should return to Sweden to face questioning
The revolution in Egypt is unprecedented but not unexpected, says Salwa Ismail
Moroccan youth organised protests through YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, just like activists across the Arab world. But are their aims the same? Jillian C York reports
Libya: All eyes on protests despite restricted media access
Togolese journalists are preparing to campaign against the closure of three radio stations, Providence, Métropolys and X-Solaire. Sit-ins outside government agencies and protest marches are planned. The private stations were closed by the Posts and...
Blogger Ahmad Abu Khair was arrested on Sunday morning while driving from Banias to Damascus, it has been reported. Charges are unknown. The arrest came a few days after the Syrian blogger Tal al-Mallouhi was sentenced to five years in prison for...
Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch, the German journalists imprisoned in Tabriz have been released, after the government reduced their 20 month sentences for reporting on the case of a Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery in 2006. The German...
The case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok, has far-reaching implications for freedom of speech – not just in Thailand, but in the wider region too, argues Gayathry Venkiteswaran
The revoking of arms licences to Libya and Bahrain won’t last. British firms will be back, argues John Kampfner
Eric Avebury outlines the systematic repression that has brought the people of Bahrain onto the streets