Chinese journalists back at work after “tacit agreement” with censors
After a week of protests and walkouts over a censored Near Year editorial, and rigorous calls for press freedom, journalists at China’s Southern Weekly have gone back to work. A normal edition of the...
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Court dismisses appeal for Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina
A Russian court yesterday dismissed the appeal of Maria Alekhina, one of the three members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Alekhina, 24, appealed to the local court asking to defer the remaining 13...
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The price of dissent in Kazakhstan
In recent weeks, Kazakh authorities closed down almost all independent media, and gave prosecutors new, wider legal powers against free speech. Protests against these latest attacks must go...
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Turmoil in Egypt continues, as state of emergency is declared
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in three Suez Canal cities on Monday night, defying a night-time curfew and a month-long state of emergency declared by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi a...
View ArticleWhat Russia censored in December
December provided further evidence that the Russian authorities’ prime targets in their quest to censor allegedly illegal websites are not those containing content harmful to children, as they have...
View ArticleProsecutors crack down on Russian NGOs
Russian non-governmental organisations are facing a wave of state inspections, which some believe are taking place as revenge for united protests against a law classifying international NGOs as...
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An interview with one of Gaza’s banned journalists
On 25 December 2012, Gaza’s Hamas government announced a ban on Palestinian journalists working with Israeli media. This decision affected just three journalists in Gaza, one of whom is 25-year-old...
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Egypt’s Information Minister accused of sexual harassment
Egyptian Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud — a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) — faces mounting pressure to resign, amid allegations that he sexually...
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Bahrain’s grand prix problem
Bahrain’s top news during the past 48 hours say a lot about the troubled country: glitzy races are welcome; experts on torture are not. Bahraini officials yesterday claimed that UN special rapporteur...
View ArticleWhat Russia censored in March
In March the Russian authorities turned their attentions to online social networks — and the Kremlin proved adept at getting major international companies to comply with its directives: on 15 March...
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