Cartoons Against Corruption, the website of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been suspended by its internet host after complaints that it...
India: Anti-corruption cartoon website suspended
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Hungary: Watchdog takes away frequency from opposition radio
Hungary’s national media council have taken the radio frequency from the country’s largest opposition radio station, Klubradio. Three frequencies...
US: Govermnent asks scientific journals to censor bird flu studies
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Turkey: 40 journalists arrested in alleged terror plot
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UK: Virgin Media programme guide censors Hitchc**k and D***ens
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Malawi: Police arrest playwright over sensitive play
A playwright has been arrested whilst performing a play which was deemed critical of the government in Malawi. Thlupego Chisiza was arrested on...
