Peter Sawali was arrested in Blantyre on 3 February for putting up posters saying 'Gay rights are human rights'. He was charged with 'conduct likely to cause a breach of peace' and could face up to three months in prison. A police spokesman Dave...
There are increasing concerns about the whereabouts of missing dissident Gao Zhisheng. The case is unusual because the Chinese authorities have refusedto divulge Gao's whereabouts. Gao has vanished without legal explanation, normally even in the...
Controversial Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders will face trial in the Netherlands on hate speech. Wilders's lawyers had attempted to block the trial, claiming that as a politician he should have protected speech. Wilders has gained notoriety for...
Eoin O’Dell: An Irish blogger has been forced to settle a libel case for €100,000. Would the country’s new Defamation Act have saved him?
Veteran Ethiopian journalist Ezedin Mohamed, editor of Islamic paper Al Quds, was sentenced to one year in jail on the 30 January. According to CPJ, the sentence relates to Mohamed's response to a 2008 Guardian interview with Meles Zenawi; Mohamad...
Emily Butselaar: Max Mosley’s campaign for a ‘right to notification’
A Tunisian appeals court on Saturday upheld a six-month prison sentence against journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, one of President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali’s toughest critics. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounced the decision as part of a...
Jane Fae: The controversy over feminist writer Julie Bindel’s “transphobia” is more than just a difference of opinion
Russian police yesterday detained up to 100 protesters during a Moscow demonstration to preserve the right to peaceful protest. Protesters shouted "Shame!" and "Down with Putin!" as Moscow police in riot gear pushed them into buses. The detained,...
The newly re-elected government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accused of orchestrating a fresh crackdown on the media after a series of websites were blocked and their offices closed. Journalists claim they have been harassed and assaulted, others...