The American man John Yettaw whose unauthorised visit to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her extended detention, has been released, the office of US Senator Jim Webb has said. The statement said Webb, who was on a two-day visit to Burma, secured the release of Yettaw, who was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years’ hard labour. Webb was allowed to meet Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to 18 months house. Read more here
The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of a libel tourism bill, which would protect US writers and bloggers from English libel rulings. The bill now goes to the Senate.
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A federal court ruled that pictures of detainee abuse by soldiers will not have to be released after an appeal by the US government.
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One of Japan’s software rating organisations will no longer support the sale of simulated rape games such as “RapePlay” in the country, following protests from civil rights campaigners in the US. Read more here