The Jakarta press council have welcomed the Jakarta High Court’s decision to overturn a guilty verdict imposed on a kiosk owner who had been convicted of libel for having written a complaint letter about a property company. Press council member...
An unknown group calling itself the Tamil United Force to Safeguard the Country has threatened to kill all the employees of the Tamil-language newspaper Uthayan, the leading newspaper in the Jaffna peninsula, if they have not resigned by the end of...
Reuters photographer Ibrahim Jassam has been on hunger strike for four days protesting his continued detainment by US forces in Iraq. Media watchdogs have urged Iraq's government to end harassment and intimidation of journalists and are pushing for...
A UK artist, Michael Dickinson who was cleared in September of mocking Turkey's prime minister by portraying him as a dog in a piece of artwork has fled the country after hearing his acquittal has been overturned. Read more here
Democratic Unionist Party politician Ian Paisley Jr has been ordered to pay a fine for contempt of court after his refusal to reveal the name of a prison officer who informed him of the destruction of files after the murder of loyalist paramilitary...
Chinese state media has said the government is postponing a rule mandating all computers be sold with internet filtering software, known as Green Dam Youth Escort. Read more here
The Myanmar Music Association (MMA) has introduced a new regulation for singers and musicians, who go abroad to perform. Maung Thit Min, Secretary of the MMA, said singers and musicians Who want to go abroad to perform will have to inform us of...
Yacheslav Yaroshenko, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Korruptsiya i Prestupnost (Corruption and Crime) died yesterday after sustaining head wounds in an attack in April. Read more here
A law passed by the Lithuanian parliament that would ban "propaganda for homosexuality and bisexuality" from public places for their 'detrimental' effect on children has been vetoed by the president after protests by gay-rights activists Read more...
The 21 June ban of Arabic Gulf News has been lifted. The Bahrain newspaper came under fire after criticising the Iranian leadership. Read more Read more here