Qantas airline has put a halt on online activist group GetUp’s latest anti-censorship campaign, refusing to run the “Censordyne” advert, which criticises the Australian government’s forthcoming Internet filtering scheme, on its flights. The group had planned to run the parody advert on all domestic flights into Canberra next month to ensure it was seen by politicians around the first sitting week of parliament. Read more here
Two journalists, believed to be French, have been kidnapped from a hotel in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu. Read more here
A book by Britain’s former top counter-terrorism officer has been blocked from the shelves following an injunction by the Attorney General. Andy Hayman’s The Terrorist Hunters describes the fight against Islamist extremism from his inside perspective as Scotland Yard assistant commissioner.
It has been reported that the book was also vetted by the Cabinet Office, MI5 and MI6 but an explanation for the injunction cannot be published for legal reasons.
Six journalists were harassed and beaten preventing them from reporting on the demolition of several buildings on government land in Nigeria. Read more here