The Telegraph-Journal of Saint John newspaper has issued a front-page apology to the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper for its earlier story suggesting he slipped a communion wafer into his jacket pocket during a Catholic funeral mass. The publisher and editor are no longer with the paper after it was forced to apologise. Read more here
Though the Iranian authorities seem determined to keep a grip on information getting in and out of the country following the weekend’s dubious election victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they have failed to shut down Twitter. You can follow what’s happening around in Iran and reaction from around the world at #IranElection, #Mousavi and #Tehran. The Tweeter persiankiwi is providing regular updates from Tehran.
Richard Sambrook has a good analysis of Twitter “coverage” of the events here.
Meanwhile, you can read an account of conditions for those detained by riot police in Tehran here. It’s written by George McLeod, a reporter for Canada’s Globe and Mail, who was taken in by police last night.
And the BBC has a good round up of the clampdown here
Attacks on human rights representatives at the UN Human Rights Council are part of a campaign to undermine freedom of expression, says Roy W Brown
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British Member of Parliament George Galloway plans to challenge the Canadian immigration ministry’s decision to ban him from entering the country, it was confirmed last night. (more…)