Richard Desmond’s attempt to sue an investigative journalist merely highlighted the weaknesses of English defamation law, says
David Allen Green
CATEGORY: Comment
Interview: Malalai Joya
Despite being banned from the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya continues to speak out against corruption and injustice. She talks to Elisabeth Eide about the struggle to be heard in Afghanistan
Why the caged bird sings
The Israeli authorities seem intent on curbing Palestinian cultural activity. Clemency Burton-Hill reports from Jerusalem
Gambia: Jammeh’s war on journalists
AllAfrica.com’s Brian Kennedy examines the Gambian president’s ongoing assault on press freedom after the recent arrest of eight opposition journalists
Dealing with the devil
An Iranian boycott of Nokia will not stop surveillance, say Leslie Harris and John Morris. But it may make telecommunications companies think twice about doing business with oppressive regimes
All the news that’s fit to print?
The New York Times blackout of information on kidnapped journalist David Rohde raised questions about transparent reporting in exceptional circumstances, writes
Michael Griffin
Senior News of the World reporter accused in phone hack scandal
The Culture, Media and Sports Committee has heard evidence on the tabloid voicemail hacking scandal. Padraig Reidy reports Investigative journalist...
Britain: you want answers?
The concealment of the contents of an important letter shows that ministers have been evasive about the details of airport expansion, and now an...
Remembering Lasantha Wickrematunga
Six months after the Sunday Leader editor was slain, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya looks at increasing state control of Sri Lankan media Not long before...
Ireland: blasphemy law a backward step
The government should not be creating new laws to enforce provisions written in the reactionary 1930s, says Michael Nugent This Wednesday the Irish...
“So many people genuinely believe in the freedom of the press”
Suzanne Breen describes her battle to protect her sources from police in Northern Ireland Nobody expected us to win. Just by mentioning of the word...
Another victim of an archaic law
Darryn Walker has suffered unemployment and vilification for writing a pornographic story. The censorious obscenity law that allows this to happen...
