Dissident Yu Jie is ignoring threats of prison to publish a book describing Premier Wen Jiabao as “China’s best actor”.
Dinah Gardner reports
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Iraq inquiry stuck in a quagmire
The Chilcot investigation may know the truth about the build up to the war, but it is unable to reveal all, says Chris Ames
Kuwait: Ban pornographic sites on BlackBerry
Kuwait has asked BlackBerry's Canadian maker RIM to block pornographic sites though they will not suspend the messenger services like their Gulf neighbours. RIM have agreed to block 3,000 porn sites and have promised to do so by the end of this...
China: Hong Kong’s Google question page blocked
Google's Hong Kong question page has been blocked in some parts of mainland China. The page allows users in China to ask questions of any description, acting as an open forum. The Chinese government uses a "Great Firewall" to censor and block all...
Reporter dead in Israel-Lebanon border skirmish
Al Jazeera is reporting that Assaf Abou Rahhal, a journalist with Lebanon's Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed today in an exchange of fire between the Lebanese Army and the Israel Defence Forces. Read more here
UAE: BlackBerry ban is a sign of elite’s unease
The leaders of the Emirates are nervous of an Iranian-style uprising, says
Christopher Davidson
Australia’s digital dilemma
Canberra’s idea of an internet filter that has proved unpopular with its citizens. Quentin McDermott reports
Russia: Freedom of expression versus car racing
Russian authorities have been criticised for giving permission to a sports car federation to hold an event in Triumfalnaya Square, St Petersburg, on July 31, the same day that opposition protesters had applied to use the square. Two weeks after...
Congo: Television and radio stations silenced for 48 hours
Three opposition radio and television stations were silenced for 48 hours on 26 July without a reason by a commando unit of five men in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The signals of Canal Congo Télévision (CCTV),...
YouTube and online libraries banned in Russian city
A ruling to ban YouTube and three online libraries in the Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur will be enforced on 3 August. The video-sharing website will be blocked because of a nationalist video “Russia for the Russians,” which has been listed as...