Frederick Toben, a historian who has been convicted in Germany for Holocaust denial, was arrested by UK police at Heathrow airport yesterday. The German authorities are seeking to have Toben returned to the country, where he was convicted in 1999....
The UK government today launched a new group aimed at tackling threats to young people on the Internet. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety will deliver a strategy paper to the Prime Minister early next year. Read press release here
Three men suspected of bombing the home of publisher Martin Rynja on Saturday remain in custody in London today. Read more here
Jailed Yemeni journalist Abdul-Karim Al Khaiwani has left jail after the nation's president granted him an amnesty and cancelled his six-year sentence. Al Khaiwani was imprisoned for allegedly supporting rebels in Sa'ada, north of Yemen and...
A Belfast judge has charged a third man with the 2001 murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan. Drew King, 40, is alleged to be a member of the outlawed group the Loyalist Volunteer Force. He offered no plea in court. Read more here
The extension of Raja Petra Kamaruddin's period of detention to two years is another example of the nefarious uses of Malaysia’s Internal Security Act, says Daniel Chandranayagam. But the reaction of ordinary citizens shows the tide may be turning...
The Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) and it's editor Hugo Restall have been found guilty of defaming Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsein Loong, and his father Lee Kuan Yew. The summary judgement was made without the case going to trial, in...
Raja Petra Kamaruddin, editor of Malaysia Today, is to be detained for two years under Malaysia's Internal Security Act. Read more here
Meeting Garry Kasparov and President Medvedev on a recent trip, John Kampfner found little cause for optimism The setting said it all. We were sitting in the first floor breakfast room of a hotel beyond Moscow’s outer ringroad waiting for Garry...
Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti will not face charges over alleged insults of Pope Benedict XVI. At a political rally in July, Guzzanti had joked that the Pope would go to Hell when he died, where he would be harassed by 'poofter devils'. Italian...