The Bosnian Central Parliament is to discuss new legislation on 1 September that would ban the wearing of a face veil, or niqab. The new law would impose a 24-hour curfew on veiled women, and those violating the ban could be fined 50 euros. Muslim...
Defence secretary Liam Fox has called for shops to ban a computer game that allows players to act as the Taliban and kill Nato troops. Fox said he was "disgusted and angry" and called the game "un-British". The updated version of Medal of Honour,...
An opposition leader and two other activists have been charged with "resisting police" and "holding an unsanctioned march". Former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov was arrested, along with activist Mikhail Schneider and human rights campaigner...
South Korea has begun blocking access to a Twitter account opened by a North Korean website. The blocking appears to be aimed solely at @Uriminzok Twitter account's main page address, which has provided North Korea with a platform for propaganda...
Following the news that a journalist was jailed for six years for broadcasting an interview with a Islamist rebel chief, the authorities in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland have officially banned all journalists from interviewing rebels in the...
Yesterday (18 August) El Nacional, a leading Venezuelan newspaper ran a front page with "censored" written across it. The move was a response to a Caracas court ruling that has effectively banned newspapers from publishing images of violence or...
The website of the Russian Centre for the Protection of Forestry (Roslesozashchita) has been blocked since 13 August after it contradicted the official government line that brush fires had not reached areas contaminated by the 1986 Chernobyl...
Australia's ruling Labor party has called for smartphone applications and games to face the national censor. A loophole in the Classification Act (1995) means that games distributed or playable on mobile phones, including the Apple iPhone, are not...
Brazil has banned broadcasters from showing programmes that poke fun at the country's presidential candidates. Ridiculing the candidates could result in a fine or even licence suspension. Brazilian producers and comedians intend to fight the ban,...
Conrad Black has been given clearance to sue six former colleagues for libel in Canada. The defendants, who include Hollinger International Inc directors and a vice-president, are based in the US. But the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled...