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Pakistan: Journalist’s mutilated body found
The body of 30-year-old journalist Ghulam Rasool Birhamani was found by police outside Dadu on 10 May. According to the president of the Dadu Press Club, the reporter for the Sindhu Hyderabad daily newspaper had been threatened by members of the...
UK: Leaked coalition document promises "review" of libel laws
Padraig Reidy: Leaked UK coalition document promises “review” of libel laws
Belarus: Journalists questioned over slander case
Local officials summoned four journalists for questioning as part of their investigation into alleged slandering of a senior KGB officer. Police recently searched the homes of four journalists and seized their computers as part of the investigation...
Murder sparks angry protests by Iraqi Kurds
Hundreds of university students assaulted a local parliament building in Erbil, the capital of Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on 10 May. The students were taking part in an angry protest against the abduction and killing of Kurdish student...
Put your questions to Facebook and Google – We ask is the internet safe for free speech?
New technology has revolutionised freedom of expression, but it’s also transformed the business of censorship. So what will it take to make the internet safe for free speech?
Paul Chambers verdict beyond vindictive
Padraig Reidy: The Paul Chambers Twitter joke verdict is beyond vindictive
Filmmaker ordered to release Amazon footage to oil company
On 6 May, a US federal judge ruled that Chevron could subpoena footage from "Crude", a documentary about the company's involvement in the pollution of the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in favour of Chevron's request to...
Belarus: Police arrest political activists
On 7 May, police arrested activists at demonstrations marking the disappearance of government minister, Yury Zakharanka. Roman Kislyak and Andrey Sharenda were arrested as they distributed leaflets marking the 11th anniversary of Zakharanka, who...
Twitter bomb hoaxer found guilty
Paul Chambers, 26, the man at the centre of the Twitter bomb hoax at a Sheffield airport has been found guilty and fined £1,000. During January's snow storms Chambers sent a tweat to his followers saying: "Crap, Robin Hood Airport is closed....