Popular west of England site The Bristol Blogger was temporarily removed by blogging platform Wordpress after it received a complaint from former University of the West of England vice-chancellor Howard newby. In a statement given to local radio...
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has been charged with drugs offences after Azerbaijani authorities claim to have found heroin in his cell. After brief court session it has been ruled that he should stand under the new charge. This...
Two French journalists who went missing in Afghanistan have been seized by insurgents, according to television station France 3. Taliban militia have denied that they hold the missing journalists who work for the France 3 station or their three...
China arrested more than 5000 people in a crackdown on internet pornography in 2009, officials said yesterday vowing tougher online policing in the new year as a key element of "state security". Officials did not say how many people had...
Jack Straw has noticed the clamour for change. Reform of our unfair defamation laws must now become a manifesto pledge, says Padraig Reidy
The Ministry of Justice is to conduct a comprehensive review of England's defamation laws, which will be experted to report in mid-March, it was revealed today. The ministry's seemingly strong new commitment comes after over 10,000 people signed a...
A hit television series has been prevented from continuing according to newspapers in China. The drama “Snail House” was set in a fictional mainland city and the plot centered on rising housing prices and the “fangnu,” or mortgage slaves, as they...
The killing of 12 journalists in Mexico this year and the impunity that follows poses a serious problem for Mexican democracy, argues Ángel García Català
Three people have been killed and several others injured after a suicide bomber attacked a club for journalists in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and a dozen more injured according to police. The incident took place when a bomber blew...
A criminal case has been filed against the photographer and documentary film maker Umida Akhmedova in Uzbekistan for "slander" and "insult". Akhmedova is incriminated for her involvement in "Women and men: from dawn till dusk" photo album, produced...