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,...
China’s lords of misrule
The face of China’s internet reflects the political system – repressive and chaotic, says Xiao Shu. Big brother is everywhere
Libel reform on Thought For The Day
Padraig Reidy: Libel Reform on Thought For The Day
A victory for libel reform
Jo Glanville: A victory for libel reform
Libel Reform Campaign goes to Westminster
Liam Hodkinson: Libel Reform Campaign goes to Westminster
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
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...
Belarus strips journalists’ rights as election looms
Belarus’s Supreme Court has stripped the Belarusian Association of Journalist’s (BAJ) ability to offer protection to journalists who are not officially authorised, such as opposition newspapers, websites and foreign news outlets.These journalists...
Brave new words
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