Three men have been jailed for an attack on the home of Martin Rynja, who had planned to publish Sherry Jones's book Jewel Of Medina. Read more here
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Twitter blocked in Xinjiang
Twitter and YouTube are among several sites that have been blocked in China's Xinjiang province, as the authorities attempt to control rioting in the area. Read more here
Iran: journalist freed
Anglo-Greek journalist Iason Athanasiadis has been released from prison in Tehran. Athanasiadis is believed to have been the only non-Iranian to be held in the crackdown on post-election protests. Read more here
Father Ted writers criticise Irish blasphemy law
Comedy writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, who created the hit sitcom Father Ted, have criticised Ireland's proposed new blasphemy law. Linehan said Irish blasphemy law was part of a trend in where freedom of expression was being attacked...
Anti-terror book blocked
A book by Britain’s former top counter-terrorism officer has been blocked from the shelves following an injunction by the Attorney General. Andy Hayman’s The Terrorist Hunters describes the fight against Islamist extremism from his inside...
Glasgow lifts ban on Life of Brian
Councillors in Glasgow have lifted an unofficial 30-year-old ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian. The council's licensing and regulatory committee approved a request on Tuesday from Glasgow Film Theatre to show the biblical satire under...
Six journalists beaten in Nigeria
Six journalists were harassed and beaten preventing them from reporting on the demolition of several buildings on government land in Nigeria. Read more here
New government in Honduras is censoring media
Following the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya on 28 June in Honduras, the new authorities have imposed a 48-hour curfew and blocked broadcasts, suspended programmes and hounded journalists and citizens for exercising their right to free...
China’s Green Dam will go ahead say officials
China's controversial plan to install Green Dam internet filtering software on all computers will go ahead despite previous postponements, a government official told state media today saying it was only "a matter of time" until the software was...
Thai correspondents face jail after “undermining monarcy”
For the first time in its five-decade history, the whole board of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) has been accused of committing lèse majesté, a crime with a maximum jail sentence of 15 years. The board, includes three British...