A Japanese journalist, who was detained while trying to slip across the Thai border, has been deported back to Thailand. Toru Yamaji, who works for the Tokyo-based AFP news agency, had been trying to cover the polling in the eastern border town...
David Cameron has extolled the virtues of human rights and democracy during his trade mission to Beijing but why won’t he raise the case of imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo?
Dinah Gardner reports
Alan Shadrake’s conviction for contempt shows Singapore’s sinister side – but there are signs the country is changing. John Kampfner reports
The mother of journalist Nazanin Khosravani, who was arrested last week, says her daughter is being held in solitary confinement at Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Azam Afsharian told Radio Free Europe that in a short phone call Khosravani had said...
Journalists on Croatia's Glas Istre (Voice of Istria) newspaper have entered their third day of strike action. They are protesting against wages and work places cuts. The ownership of Glas Istre, until recently one of the few independent...
Emily Butselaar: Too rude? Australian product offends Hampshire police
Google and the Information Commissioner’s Office have displayed contempt for privacy — and free speech will suffer as a result, says Alex Deane of Big Brother Watch
Judith Townend liveblogs City University’s Reframing Libel conference. Key players debate the future of libel reform
Ali Abdulemam’s trial is an important test case for free speech in the Middle East. Ashraf Khalil explains why
Ana Arana finds out how the producers of Mexican telenovelas sidestep government and Church outrage