Monthly magazine L’Essentiel has been suspended for disturbing public order, after the cover page reportedly insulted the President. Read more here
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Journalists arrested over demonstration in Zimbabwe
A journalist for The Worker newspaper was arrested for photographing a demonstration of the Harare City Council Workers’ Union. The editor was later arrested when questioning the arrest with the authorities. Read more here
Week-long strike ends in Kashmir
Life is returning to normal in Indian-administered Kashmir after eight days of protests over the alleged rape and killing of two young women, and press access which was previously minimal, is easing. Read more here
Catholic teacher fired in Vietnam over website row
A Catholic teacher has been fired in Vietnam for allegedly encouraging her students to access "politically sensitive web-sites". Read more here
President of Ecuador threatens media
During his weekly radio broadcast President Rafael Correa accused media outlets of committing "abuses" and "distorting" information arguing that the media had been manipulating citizens’ opinion and has threatened they will face legal action. Read...
Gordon Ramsay rebuked by Australian Prime Minister
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described TV chef Gordon Ramsay as "a new form of low life" after the chef showed a food-fair audience a photo of a nude woman on all fours, with multiple breasts and a pig's face, and said the image was of...
Shell pays out in Saro-Wiwa murder settlement
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a $15.5 million (£9.7million) out-of-court settlement in a case accusing it of complicity in human rights abuses in Nigeria including the hanging of anti-oil campaigner and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. Read more here
Journalists in Zimbabwe win government court case
Four Harare based journalists on Friday won an historic court case against the government after they challenged the legal status of the Media and Information Commission. Read more here
Journalist murdered in Somalia
Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle was shot in the head four times by three armed men on his way to work in the capital Mogadishu. This is the third fatal attack on the radio station staff in 2009. Read more here
“RapePlay” game banned in Japan
One of Japan’s software rating organisations will no longer support the sale of simulated rape games such as "RapePlay" in the country, following protests from civil rights campaigners in the US. Read more here