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
Politkovskaya trial resumes in public
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Journalist shot in Assam
Jagjit Saikia, district correspondent for the newspaper Amar Asam, was killed by unknown assailants on 22 November in the town of Kokrajhar. It is likely that he was targeted because of his reports on armed groups and political organisations...
Politkovskaya trial suspended
The trial of several men accused of involvement in the murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya has been suspended, with the judge claiming the defence lawyers are 'too busy'. The lawyers deny the claim. Read more here
Holocaust denier Toben freed
Australian Holocaust revisionist Frederick Toben will not face extradition to Germany, after the German authorities withdrew an appeal against a decision by a London court that the arrest warrant issued against him was too vague. Read more here
Burma tries to silence opposition
A new crackdown on the country's dissidents shows that Than Shwe's junta fears the power of the Internet, writes Larry Jagan Burma’s military rulers have launched a fresh crackdown on dissidents in the country, with more than a hundred activists...
Kadyrov urged to appear at Politkovskaya trial
Prosecution lawyers in the case of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya are insisting that Chechnya's pro-Moscow leader Ramzan Kadyrov should be called to give evidence at the the alleged murderers' trial. Kadyrov's name is frequently...
Russian journalist severely beaten
Mikhail Beketov, editor of Khimkinskaya Pravda and a prominent opponent of local authorities’ deforestation plans, was brutally beaten outside his house in Moscow by unidentified assailants on 13 November. Beketov is still waiting for the decision...
Whistleblower Pasquill to sue FCO
Derek Pasquill, the Foreign Office employee who was tried under the Official Secrets Act after leaking documents to the press, is to challenge his dismissal from his post at the Employment Tribunal. Pasquill was dismissed summarily on the grounds...
‘Scores’ of reporters arrested in Sudan
At least 60 journalists were arrested by Sudanese police while attending a peaceful protest demanding a new freedom of expression law this morning. The editor of the daily newspaper Ajras Al-Hurriya, Murtada el-Ghali, told AFP "They took us very...
Politkovskaya trial opens
The trials of several men accused of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya begins in Moscow today. Read more here