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Radio journalist held in DRC

A radio broadcaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been arrested and questioned by intelligence agents for “broadcasting false information liable to threaten state security”. Mohamed Lukebana, head of programming at Radio Television Bangu...

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India: Writer charged with obscenity for debut novel

Author Murzban Shroff has been charged with obscenity and making “prejudicial” remarks to “national integration” in his novel Breathless in Bombay. The latter charge is based on the use of the word “ghati”; a defamatory term for Maharashtrians,...

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China’s lords of misrule

Cyber Wars

Citizens, states and corporations are battling for online space. What happened to the dream of global communication? Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski report

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EU calls for Iran to end jamming of foreign media

EU foreign ministers have described the current situation in Iran as “unacceptable”, in a joint statement they call for an end to the jamming of satellite broadcasts  from international news networks.  In the crackdown since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s...

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China’s lords of misrule

Brave new words

CLICK HERE FOR STOCKISTS AND SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS DISPATCHES SECRET HISTORIES Maureen Freely: Turkey is being forced to confront its past TELEVISION PREMIER Documentary maker Erik Gandini tells Giulio D’Eramo why appearance matters more than truth...

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