Ask no questions
Vietnam’s journalists suffer when they dig too deep, writes Nick Caistor
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Unnecessary secrets
Further restrictions on reporting of security issues would be disastrous and misguided, writes David Davis
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Siné of the times
French satirist Maurice Sinet has launched a new magazine he claims will champion free speech. Ruth Michaelson looks back at the very French circumstances surrounding this move
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TV station chief ordered to leave Iran
Hassan Al-Fahs, Tehran bureau chief of the Dubai-based satellite TV station Al-Arabiya, has been ordered to leave the country by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. There was widespread astonishment amongst the management of Al-Arabiya as they continued to emphasise Al-Fahs’s professionalism as a journalist. The station also stated that it had never reported a story on Iran without incorporating the government’s viewpoint. There has not yet been any explanation from the authorities.
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