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Climate change protesters guilty
Five climate change protesters who climbed on to the roof of the Palace of Westminster have been found guilty of trespass under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA). Leo Murray, Olivia Chessell, Alexander George, Tamsin Omond and...
Pakistani journalist gunned down
Quari Muhammad Shoaib, reporter with the local newspaper Khabar Kar, was shot dead in the Swat Valley by soldiers while driving home in his car on 8 November. Read more here
Blogger sentenced to 20 years
Nay Phone Latt, a pro-democracy blogger in Burma has been given a 20-year prison sentence for materials posted on his website criticising military leader Than Shwe. He was arrested in January, along with poet Saw Wai, who was sentenced to 2 years...
Iran: reformist weekly shut down
Shahvrand-e Emrouz ('Today’s Citizen'), an Iranian reformist magazine, has been temporarily closed by the country’s press watchdog after the unauthorised publication of political content. The magazine had been critical of the present...
Raja Petra released
Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been released from jail after a court ruled that the interior minister, Syed Hamid Albar, had overstepped his authority in ordering the detention of Kamaruddin under the country's notorious Internal...
Sudan: hunger strike against censorship
More than 150 Sudanese journalists took part 24-hour hunger strike on 4 November. Three national newspapers have also joined the protest, halting their production for three days. They were protesting against censorship by state security services on...
An end to culture wars?
Among the many things to celebrate in Obama’s convincing victory is American voters’ rejection of the “culture war” agenda that Sarah Palin brought to the Republican ticket.
Give Obama time to reinvigorate liberties
Barack Obama rides into the White House on the back of such high expectations that he cannot help but disappoint.
The Scarlett letter
Chris Ames identifies a worrying trend in the government’s latest refusal to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act The government has blocked disclosure of a controversial email in which the current head of MI6 is alleged to have...