Sri Lankan officials have said that journalists who visited areas formerly controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels will be prosecuted. Read more here
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Cuban journalist in second week of hunger strike
Cuban journalist Victor Rolando Arroyo is in his second week of hunger strike as a protest to lack of medical attention, bad sanitary conditions in his cell, his cruel treatment, and the fact that he has not been allowed to practice religion....
Yemeni government denies banning newspapers
The Yemeni Minister of information has denied that the government had suspended any newspapers, saying that some willingly disappeared and others for troubles with printers. In recent months several newspapers have been shut down and there have...
Anti-Chavez protesters take to streets in name of free press
In Venezuela hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the concession of an opposition-aligned television station. Read more here
Egypt’s Unesco hopeful in book burning row
Farouk Hosny Egypt's culture minister, and candidate to lead Unesco, the UN's cultural arm, has expressed "solemn regret" over a May 2008 pledge to burn Israeli books in Egyptian libraries. Read more here
Australian U-turn on Internet censorship plans
The Australian government has back-tracked on its much criticised plan to pass legislation that would impose censorship Internet browsing habits. Read more here
Lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities
Lecturers voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. As soon as the vote was carried, the leadership of the University and College Union declared it void to avoid legal action. Read more here
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s family take Shell to court
14 years after Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa's was hanged along with eight other community leaders, his family take oil giant Shell to court for crimes against humanity over its activities in the oil-rich Niger Delta of southern...
Egyptian blogger fined for accusing company of pollution
Egyptian blogger Tamer Mabrouk has been fined nearly 6,000 euros as the result of a defamation lawsuit by a private company, Trust Chemical Co., over information about pollution that he posted online. Read more here
China blocks website before Tiananmen anniversary
The online version of one of China's most radical magazines, Yanhuang Chunqiu (China Through the Ages) has been closed by the censors who patrol the Great Firewall of China, days before the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown....