A criminal court judge in Togo has moved to ban the distribution of Tribune d'Afrique, a bimonthly Benin newspaper, that had raised questions about the alleged involvement of a half-brother of President Faure Gnassingbé in drug trafficking. The ban...
Footballer Wayne Rooney is launching a libel claim against The Sun newspaper over stories that suggest he booked a holiday which would take place during the closing stages of the World Cup before England was knocked out. The two articles, published...
Singer Lily Allen's half-sister has launched legal action against Now magazine over an article about her famous relative. Gala Talbott is suing the publication's owner IPC Media, seeking libel damages of up to £15,000. The nineteen-year-old claims...
Little Britain actor Matt Lucas is taking legal action against the Daily Mail over a story that he claims breached his privacy. Entitled How Matt Lucas learned to laugh again, the article detailed how the actor was affected by the suicide of his...
The Constitutional Court has declared Uganda's law on sedition null and void. Journalists will no longer be legally prevented from criticising President Yoweri Museveni or his government. A panel of five judges ruled on 25 August that the law...
A proposed data privacy law could prevent companies from checking potential employees' Facebook profiles. Employers will be allowed to search applicants on Google, but the use of social networking sites in the selection process will be banned. The...
Three newspapers have been closed and a jail sentence has been imposed on one journalist in the past few days. The Commission for Press Authorisation and Surveillance, the censorship arm of the ministry of culture and Islamic orientation, has...
China's Central Propaganda Department has placed a blanket ban on covering the explosion at Xinjiang, Western China, including the state-owned Xinhua News Agency who had allegedly already reported that the explosion was caused by a bomb. The...
Security guards who attacked two journalists may go unpunished after authorities refused to investigate the case. Elmin Badalov and Anar Gerayly were beaten by a wealthy businessman's private security guards on 28 July. The two newspaper reporters...
Police arrested human rights campaigners and prevented them from gaining signatures for petitions at U2's first concert in Russia, on 25 August. The tents of Amnesty International, Greenpeace Russia, and U2's own charity the ONE campaign for Aids,...