Canadian-Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari was among over 100 protestors, activists and journalists who appeared in court in Iran on Saturday, 1 August. Index on Censorship has been campaigning for his release with Newsweek, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Maziar Bahari has not been allowed to see a lawyer since his detention on 21 June
Science writer Simon Singh has been refused leave to appeal Mr Justice Eady’s decision on meaning in his libel case against the British Chiropractic Association (BCA)
Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters are not optimistic about the verdict in her trial for breaching the conditions of house arrest, writes Nem Davies
Richard Desmond’s attempt to sue an investigative journalist merely highlighted the weaknesses of English defamation law, says
David Allen Green
Despite being banned from the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya continues to speak out against corruption and injustice. She talks to Elisabeth Eide about the struggle to be heard in Afghanistan
AllAfrica.com’s Brian Kennedy examines the Gambian president’s ongoing assault on press freedom after the recent arrest of eight opposition journalists
Dimi Reider speaks to Walid Omary, Jerusalem bureau chief for Al Jazeera, about the Palestinian Authority’s decision to shut down the station’s West Bank bureau
More than 100 prominent journalists from 47 countries sent a petition to the Iranian government today calling for the immediate release of Maziar Bahari, Newsweek’s Tehran correspondent, who has been held without charge in an Iranian jail since 21...
The Culture, Media and Sports Committee has heard evidence on the tabloid voicemail hacking scandal. Padraig Reidy reports Investigative journalist Nick Davies today produced evidence he claimed proved there was more widespread knowledge of...
The concealment of the contents of an important letter shows that ministers have been evasive about the details of airport expansion, and now an opposition MP has complained to the Speaker of the House of Commons. Chris Ames reports A Conservative...