A 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to jail for nearly eight years after having been arrested at a demonstration in support of the banned Kurdish group PPK. The girl has been convicted of 'terrorist' offences, including ‘crimes on behalf of an...
Padraig Reidy: Could Trafigura and Terry signal the demise of the superinjunction?
Britain’s theatre community comes out against oppression and censorship in the “last dictatorship of Europe”. Join the protest on 1 July
Today’s decision not to uphold a “super-injunction” claimed by England football captain John Terry is a blow for press freedom.
Emily Butselaar: Dig deep for Wikileaks
Two men accused of plotting to overthrow the regime were hanged in Tehran yesterday. Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour, 19, were convicted of being ‘enemies of God’. The pair were the first to be put to death after more than 100 dissidents were...
Padraig Reidy: the controversial “shock jock” Jon Gaunt has won the right to a judicial review of the broadcasting regulator’s decision
Emily Butselaar: The Times pays tribute to Yasser, an ‘unsung hero’
The full membership of the Justice Department's libel working group, which convenes tomorrow (28 January), has been announced. The working group will be chaired by Rowena Collins-Rice, Director-General, Democracy, Constitution and Law and Chief...
A Zambian MP allegedly stormed a television studio and threatened student union leaders at gunpoint. It is claimed Chishimba Kambwili and fellow Patriotic Front (PF) sympathisers menaced University of Zambia Student’s Union leaders, Antonio Mwanza...