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Auction: Freedom of Expression Awards 2010

Auction: Freedom of Expression Awards 2010

The 10th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have fought to expose censorship and abuse. Read the full shortlist here. The night is also Index's most important fundraising event....

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Berezovsky wins libel case

UK-based Russian businessman Boris Berezovky has been awarded £150,000 by the high court in a libel case against Russian TV channel RTR Planeta, which claimed he was complicit in the death of Alexander Litvinenko. RTR Planeta boycotted the trial....

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Burma: Junta publishes new election laws

Burma’s junta has set out laws governing the general election promised later this year, the new rules underline fears the vote is intended to consolidate military power under a democratic façade. The country’s state-run newspapers today published...

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Togo bans French media

On the eve of this month’s presidential elections, the Togolese government refused to grant accreditation to French media outlets. Reporters without Borders criticised President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe after correspondents from Radio France, RTL...

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Iranian music journalist released on bail

Music journalist Behrang Tonekaboni who was detained by the Iranian authorities two months ago has been released on bail. Tonekaboni was arrested at the offices of music journal Farhang va Ahang in January along with his colleague Kayvan Farzin and...

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Libel ‘silencing media in Liberia’

Libel lawsuits against Liberia's independent media are being used to silence dissenting voices in the West African country, according to Tom Kamara, editor-in-chief of the New Democrat. In an interview with Liberia Webs, Kamara expressed concern...

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China still denies links to Google cyber attacks

Investigators looking into web attacks on Google and dozens of other American companies last year have traced the intrusions to computers at Jiaotong University as well as Lanxiang Vocational School in Shandong Province, an institution with ties to...

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