The People's Daily newspaper published a lengthy article on ex-Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang on Thursday penned by President Hu Jintao. During...
Chinese President pays tribute to political reformer
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Nigerian cameraman attacked while filming clashes
A Nigerian journalist has been attacked while filming clashes in the build-up to elections in Ekiti State. Felix Vincent, a cameraman for the...
Simon Singh victory doesn't mean libel laws work
Padraig Reidy:Simon Singh victory doesn’t mean libel laws work
Keep libel law out of politics
Padraig Reidy: Politicos should fight at the ballot box, not in the libel courts
Ukrainian journalists targeted and attacked
Journalists from television channel TVi have written an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, demanding that he intervene to stop...
Rwandan government suspends newspapers
Rwanda’s Media High Council(MHC) has suspended two independent newspapers just months before a presidential election. The press body has suspended...
Zimbabwean minister sues newspaper for defamation
A Zimbabwean government minister is suing a newspaper for defamation after it published accusations of corruption. The state-owned Chronicle...
‘Phallic’ sculpture provokes clash ahead of Pope’s Malta visit
The Maltese Front Against Censorship said that it believes that a penis-like sculpture at Luqa should not be removed before the Pope visits the...
Moldavan journalist arrested for spying in breakaway republic
Acting Moldavian president, Mihai Ghimpu, has condemned the arrest of a journalist in the breakaway republic of Transnistria. On April 7, Ernest...
Kazakhstan: Web browser which bypasses censorship proves popular
Opera has become Kazakhstan's most popular web browser in the country, because it allows users to bypass internet censorship. According to Web...
A good week for libel reform
All major political parties now back libel reform — and the Libel Reform campaign celebrates 50,000 signatures in support of change
Music banned from radio in Somalia
Islamist insurgents have banned music from radio broadcasts claiming its un-Islamic. Stations have already complied with the order, issued at the...
