In Kuala Lumpur, copies of the inaugural issue of Gedung Kartun magazine have been confiscated by officials due to a "lack of publication permit" as...
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PR firm screening Afghanistan reporters
Stars and Stripes military newspaper has reported that US army commanders in Afghanistan are rejecting requests from reporters who want to "embed"...
Poll shows disquiet over UK policing
A YouGov poll commissioned by Christian Aid said that half of UK adults think that policing of environmental protests is too heavy handed or...
Azerbaijan: new charge against bloggers
An additional charge of “intentional physical violence” have been brought against Adnan Hadji Zadeh and Emin Milli, two bloggers who have been held...
Journalist murdered in DRC
In the Democratic Republic of Congo Bruno Koko Chirambiza, a news presenter for a local, privately-owned radio station has been murdered. He was the...
Radio station threatened in Somalia
The National Union of Somali Journalists has expressed its outrage at the continued suppression of media rights in the Gedo region by the Islamist...
Sweden pulls plug on Pirate Bay
The file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is now offline following a ruling by a Swedish court that ordered its largest internet service provider,...
Indian “Picasso” banned from show
Maqbool Fida Husain, hailed by many as India's Picasso, has been told his paintings will not be displayed at the India Art Summit, the countries...
US “skank” blogger to sue Google
Rosemary Port, the women behind the blog “Skanks in NYC,” has said she will sue Google for $15 million for breaching its “duty to protect her...
Protests over Facebook immigrant game
Following user protests, Facebook has decided to shut down gaming application "Bounce The Illegal Immigrant Back". The game was posted by Renzo...