Liu Shaokun, a school employee, has been sentenced to a year of 're-education under labour' after posting pictures of schools that collapsed in May's Sichuan earthquake on the web. Chinese people were forbidden from taking pictures of the...
The Crown Prosecution Service stated there is 'insufficient evidence' to prosecute any US soldier over the death of ITN journalist Terry Lloyd in Iraq. On 22 March 2003 Terry Lloyd was injured in crossfire between Iraqi troops and American tanks...
A US military board last week ordered that Ahmed Raziak, a 38-year-old cameraman, be held for at least six more months for ‘imperative reasons of security’, but declined to disclose any specific allegations against him or provide any evidence as to...
Independent Democratic senator Joe Lieberman and Republican senator Arlen Specter have introduced a new bill to the Senate that seeks to protect US authors from UK libel judgments. The Freedom of Speech Protection Act follows on the heels of New...
Afaq TV, a Palestinian commercial TV station based in Nablus, was closed by Israeli soldiers yesterday for one year on the grounds that it was ‘terrorist’ media. 'We are an independent media and, regardless of what the Israeli military says, we...
Imprisoned Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latte is facing the possibility of a seven-year jail sentence after new charges were brought against him on 7 July. The new charges fall under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, which sanctions any attempt to...
British blog Harry's Place is facing legal action from Mohammed Sawalha, the President of the British Muslim Initiative, after a post on the site claimed that an Al Jazeera article quoted him referring to 'the evil Jew' in Britain. Harry's Place,...
A new media bill has been approved by the lower house of parliament in Belarus, leaving just a few steps before the bill pass to President Lukashenko for approval. The bill would change registration procedures for the traditional media and extend...
London Metropolitan University has expressed 'regret' at offence caused to China by its recent award of an honorary doctorate to Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama in May. A report on state-run China Daily said that the university's...
Italians are protesting against proposed laws that could make investigative journalism almost impossible, writes Cecilia Anesi Today at 6pm Italians will gather in Piazza Navona, Rome, to demonstrate against new bills proposed by Berlusconi’s...