Jamal Khashoggi has stepped down as editor-in-chief of al-Watan after the progressive Saudi newspaper published a controversial opinion piece criticising Salafism. Arab news sources speculate he was forced to resign, the Saudi authorities adher to...
Elizabeth Stitt: Privacy versus tecnology on US campuses
The funeral of an anti-government activist who died in police custody has been postponed following the intervention of Swaziland's security forces. Sipho Jele, who was found hanged in his jail cell on May 4, was a member of the proscribed People's...
Padraig Reidy: Why did the FT refuse Amnesty’s Shell ad?
Four journalists have been shot amidst clashes between Red Shirt protestors and the military in the past week. One Canadian reporter and three Thai press workers were wounded whilst covering the escalating protests in Bangkok. Meanwhile Maj-Gen...
Padraig Reidy: Keep libel laws out of religion
President Obama is to sign the Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act today. The bill is designed to identify countries where press freedom is being violated, as well as promoting, protecting and “strengthening the independence of journalists and media...
The Kuwaiti media have been banned from reporting on the dismantling of an Iranian spy network by prosecutor-general Hamed Saleh Al-Othman. The spy ring--- which was publicly revealed on 1 May--- was gathering information about Kuwaiti and US...
Egyptian author Youssef Ziedan faces a five-year jail term after being accused of insulting Christianity in his prize-winning novel Azazeel (Beelzebub). Set in 5th-century Egypt, Alexandria and northern Syria, Ziedan's novel tells the story of an...
Padraig Reidy: Video of Dale McAlpine arrest