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Sex blogger wins damages
Blogger and author Zoe Margolis has been awarded a "five-figure" amount in costs and damages from the Independent on Sunday after the newspaper wrongly labelled her a "hooker". Margolis's whose blog Girl With A One Track Mind became famous for its...
McKinnon extradition “on hold”
The extradition of UK hacker Gary McKinnon to the United States has been put on hold by the new Home Secretary, Theresa May. McKinnon is wanted by US authorities after he hacked into Defence Department and Nasa databases. His supporters claim that...
Tibet: Photocopying to require ID registration
Anyone wishing to reproduce printed or written material in Lhasa will have to undergo real-name ID registration due to a new ruling announced on 10 May. Local police will now regularly check copy service providers to ensure that they take down the...
Facebook banned in Pakistan
Pakistan blocked access to Facebook today over the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day event on 20 May. A judge at Lahore's High Court issued an interim order, which expires on 31 May when a detailed hearing will take place. It has been reported that some...
Journalist casualties in Thai clashes
The South East Asia Press Alliance’s statement on media casualties in Bangkok
Mauritania: Veiled women banned from courtroom
Security forces in Mauritania have banned veiled women from entering a courtroom where a terrorism case is being heard. Veiled women were also prevented from visiting the 20 defendants, who are accused of killing four French tourists in 2007 and...
Swords, sandals sex and swearing
Natalie Haynes: The morality police have set their sights on Spartacus: Blood and Sand
Kuwait: Hunger strike journalist hospitalised
A Kuwaiti journalist was hospitalised over the weekend after refusing medication and beginning a hunger strike in protest at his 11 May arrest. Government critic, Mohammed Abdel Qader al-Jassem, claims he was arrested for political reasons. The...
Madagascar: Station employees attacked by soldiers
Staff at radio station Fréquence Plus were been attacked by police during live interview with opposition politician Ambroise Ravinson. Three employees were assaulted by members of the special intervention force, with one knocked unconscious and...