The alleged killers of journalist Hrant Dink return to court today, with many groups expressing misgivings about the conduct of their trial, writes Charlotte Alfred The fourth hearing in the trial of suspects accused of killing Hrant Dink, the...
Despite the government’s best efforts, television and electronic media had a profound effect on how Pakistanis voted in this week’s election, says Zubeida Mustafa Two days before the elections in Pakistan on 18 February, the New York-based Human...
Turkmenistan President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov fired 30 employees of the main state television channel after a cockroach crawled across the studio desk during the 9pm news programme, Vatan, the news website Kronika Turkmenistan reported on 21...
Former USA Today reporter Toni Locy has been found in contempt for violating a court order to reveal her confidential sources. Locy is being pressed to reveal her sources in Dr Steven Hatfill’s civil case against the federal government. Hatfill, a...
Finnish blogger Matti Nikki is facing an investigation into whether he aided the distribution of child pornography. The anti-censorship campaigner's website, on which he published a list of over 1,500 websites that have been blocked by the Finnish...
Publication of magazine weekly Myanmar Nation has been suspended following the arrest of the paper’s chief editor, Thet Zin and manager, Sein Win Maung on 15 February. The two were taken into custody after a police search of their offices found a...
A poster advertising a new play has been banned from Angel underground station in London after regulators decided it was “likely to offend ethnic, religious or other major groups”. The poster, for the play Fat Christ by Gavin Davis, shows the...
The 2002 draft of the British government’s dossier on Saddam Hussein’s weapons capabilities has been released by the Foreign Office. The government had initially tried to keep the document confidential, but the Information Commissioner ruled that...
Cuban journalists Jose Ramon and Alejandro Gonzalez, dissident Omar Pernet and trade unionist Pedro Alvarez were released on 16 February. They had been arrested and detained during the 2003 crackdown on the opposition. The four released prisoners...
Despite the extension of her visa, novelist Taslima Nasrin remains confined to a room in an undisclosed location, writes Sanal Edamaruku The good news first: India has granted a visa extension to exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin. For now,...