China blocks Guardian website following internet clampdown
The Chinese government has blocked The Guardian website according to internet watchdog www.greatfire.org. It is understood that the newspaper’s website…
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Parliament hears call for UK Bill of Rights to secure press freedom from Government intrusion
A leading Tory MP and former journalist has called for a UK Bill of Rights to secure press freedom to…
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British journalist covering Greenpeace Arctic oil rig protest is held by Russian authorities
A British video journalist has been arrested by Russian authorities for piracy after covering a Greenpeace protest against an Arctic…
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Brother of murdered Sri Lankan editor: ‘Yours are the standards we look to’
In a world in which journalists are killed every week for no other reason than that they sought to report…
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World Press Freedom Day: How memory of Anna Politkovskaya inspired Indy’s Voices in Danger project
The Independent this week launched a new section of its website – Voices In Danger – to coincide with World…
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Acting Times editor John Witherow: Politicians at risk of causing ‘most tremendous row’ over press regulation
Acting Times editor John Witherow has warned politicians they are at risk of causing a “most tremendous row” with the…
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BBC ‘strongly condemns’ World Service satellite jamming in China
The BBC has “strongly” condemned news in China that World Service English satellite frequencies are being jammed. The corporation cannot…
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Labour MP warns press: Politicians may use statutory regulation as revenge for expenses scandal
Labour MP and former journalist Meg Hillier has warned that some politicians may back statutory regulation as revenge for the…
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