The conviction of the Pirate Bay Four is not just a breach of the right to free expression, says Sean Dodson, it’s an absurdity in an era when free online content seems the only way forward for the entertainment industry In this increasingly...
President Barack Obama has released four top-secret memos detailing US torture techniques. Read more here
Four men behind Swedish file-sharing site Pirate Bay have been found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to one year in jail. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde, were also ordered to pay 30m kronor...
Conservative MP Damian Green and civil servant Christopher Galley will not face charges relating to leaks of government documents after Director of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer QC found that the leaks did not endanger security. Read more here
The Supreme Court of Indonesia has overturned a £62 million libel ruling against Time magazine relating to claims that the late President Suharto had amassed a fortune through corruption. Index on Censorship and other media organisations and NGOs...
An inquiry into police tactics at protests is to be set up following criticism of the handling of the G20 protests in London. Read more here
Award-winning ABC journalist Sean Dorney has arrived in Australia after being deported from Fiji, as the military there cracks down on the media. Read more here
The trial of journalist Roxana Saberi, accused of espionage, began in Tehran yesterday. Read more here
American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has been charged with espionage by the Iranian authorities. Read more here
Muntadar al Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist convicted after he threw a shoe at President George Bush, has had his jail sentence reduced from three years to one year. Read more here