Online criticism of politicians is not tolerated in Singapore, writes David Jardine Singapore, long known for what is sometimes described as ‘soft authoritarianism’ is a dangerous place in which to post dissident blogs. The latest person to...
Ninez Cacho–Olivares of the Daily Tribune has been sentenced to at least six months imprisonment after allegedly libelling a prominent lawyer in the Philippines. The charges related to a 2003 article that included purported transcripts of...
Abdul Karim al Khaiwani, former editor of now blocked website al-Shora.net, has been sentenced to six years in jail for distributing publications allegedly calling for solidarity with Houthi rebels in the south of the country. Mr al Khaiwani had...
A recent French court decision leaves us no closer to the truth about footage that shook the Middle East, writes Natasha Lehrer A seven-year debate over the authenticity of the footage of the death of Mohammed al Dura in the arms of his father...
A court in Gambia has declared illegal the arrest and ongoing detention of journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh and ordered Gambian authorities to release him. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also...
Burma's junta has arrested dissident comedian Zarganar and put a stop to his aid work for Cyclone Nargis victims. Rohan Jayasekera reports The Burmese junta, criticised at home and abroad for its incompetent handling of the Cyclone Nargis disaster...
A Cameroonian journalist has alleged that FC Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o headbutted him during a fracas between local journalists and the Cameroon national team. Philippe Boney, a radio reporter, says he suffered a broken arm after an altercation...
At least six people were killed after a bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, yesterday. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 30 people were also injured, but al Qaeda has recently released...
Hicham Yezza, the University of Nottingham employee who came to prominence after helping a research student download a so-called 'terror manual', has had his deportation date cancelled, as his solicitors seek a judicial review of his case. Mr Yezza...
The censorship of an exhibition in Sydney says more about the infantilising impulse of the authorities than it does about art, says Binoy Kampmark 'A barrier of illiterate policemen and officers stands between the tender Australian mind and what...