The newly elected President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, appointed Mervyn Silva as the deputy minister for media and information on Friday....
Campaigners decry Sri Lanka’s new media minister
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China tightens rules on protection of state secrets
An amendment to laws on guarding state secrets could force communication providers to cooperate with the country's security apparatus over the...
Robert Dee: the world's worst tennis player
Padraig Reidy: And the world’s worst tennis player is…
Egypt: Classic book faces ban
A team of lawyers called for the ban of Arabic classic A Thousand and One Nights on 17 April. The lawyers, from the "Actio popularis" group, filed a...
Nigerian journalists murdered
Three journalists were killed in two separate incidents on Saturday. Nathan S Dabak and Sunday Gyang Bwede from the Light Bearer, owned by the...
Indian government to answer allegations of phone-tapping
The Indian Government is to respond to the serious charges of having tapped the telephone conversations of four leading politicians, including the...
Tibetan writer arrested, radio transmissions jammed
Tibetan writer Zhogs Dung was arrested by Chinese police on Friday report Tibetan sources. Although officials have declined to comment on his...
Editor-in-chief abducted from Baghdad home
The editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper al-Shahid, Saad al-Aossi, was abducted on 14 April. Armed men invaded his home, confiscated his computer...
Rwandan opposition leader released from jail
Victoire Ingabire, who plans to stand in August's presidential elections, was conditionally released from jail on Thursday. She faces charges of...
Cameroon: Journalist dies in prison
The former editor of the Cameroon Express Germain Ngota, died in a Yaoundé prison last Thursday. Henriette Ekwee, a local union official, said...
Tibetan monks sidelined in earthquake disaster
Tibetan monks were amongst the first to reach remote areas such as Yu Shu after the Qinghai earthquake. Their role in the massive relief effort has...
Britain's Digital Economy Act has huge implications for freedom of expression
Michael Harris: Britain’s Digital Economy Act has huge implications for freedom of expression
