On the anniversary of the murder of independent journalist Deyda Hydara (right), Dawn Starin says the media must turn its attention to The Gambia, where free expression is increasingly under threat A few weeks ago, David and Fiona Fulton, a British...
A nuclear whistleblower and BBC journalists are being unjustly pursued, says Chris Ames Why is the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigating a customs official who embarrassed the security services over nuclear proliferation? As...
Author and dissident Liu Xiabao was arrested on Monday in Beijing. Liu, who is on the board of Chinese PEN, was among 300 intellectuals who signed the Charta 2008 declaration calling for democracy and widespread political reform in China. The...
Memorial's historical archive must be restored immediately. An open letter from Orlando Figes and some of the world's leading academics Dmitrii Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St Petersburg Vladimir...
The treatment of Vittorio Filippis, former publisher of Libération, signals the deteriorating situation for the media in France. Natasha Lehrer reports A demonstration was held on 5 December outside Paris’s Palais de la Justice to protest against...
A Wikipedia page showing an image of an album cover by German heavy metal band The Scorpions has been blocked following allegations of potential illegality. The Internet Watch Foundation has said the image, which shows a naked pre-pubescent girl,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on 2 December that Turkish Labour Party (EMEP) member Ahmet Gemici's right to freedom of expression was violated when the police seized copies of a party magazine whose distribution or sale had been...
Oleg Panfilov assesses the twists and turns of the investigation into Anna Politkovskaya’s murder and considers the chances of a fair trial The killing of Anna Politkovskaya two years ago split the Russian public. The majority of people chose to...
Kyrgyzstanʼs Deputy Interior Minister has said the murder of Alisher Saipov in October last year had no link to his journalistic activity. Saipov's family claims his murder was contracted by Uzbek President Islam Karimov, and has accused Kyrgyz law...
The trial of three men accused of aiding in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya has reopened in Moscow, a week earlier than planned, with a previous ban on reporters lifted. Read more here