News Cuban dissident journalist wins European Parliament human rights award Guillermo Fariñas, who set up the independent Cubanacán Press news agency which has now been closed down, has spent 11-and-a-half years in prison and carried out 23 hunger strikes By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News South African journalism schools sign statement protesting information bill Bill gives government power to classify documents such as government contracts or those produced by state-owned enterprises as secret and arrest an journalists who publishes them By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News US libel tourism bill signed into law Speech Act aims to protect US writers and journalists from defamation cases brought in jurisdictions with weaker freedom of expression laws By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News South African editors' group launches campaign against information bill The Protection of Information Bill would allow government to classify government and state-owned enterprise contracts as secret and jail journalists who report on them By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Press freedom group concerned over censorship in Rwandan election Reporters Without Borders, authorities seized copies of English-language newspaper Rwanda Newsline claiming it is not recognised in the country By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News US libel tourism bill to be passed into law Congress has given final approval to the Speech Act, which aims to protect US citizens from those bringing defamation cases in jurisdictions with weaker freedom of expression laws By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News US libel reform bill one step closer to law The Speech Act, which will protect Americans from libel tourism, received a unanimous voice vote, placing it one step closer to becoming federal law By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News You cannot silence us online, press freedom campaigners tell China Reporters Without Borders tells Chinese authorities they cannot track all information online, as dozens of microblogs go down By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News US libel law is a result of our weak system, say UK campaigners A new libel tourism law in the US reinforces the need for legislative change in Britain, say libel reform groups By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News 'Not a set of rigid rules but a framework of principles': Lord Lester discusses defamation bill Private members' bill will modernise the law for online libel and expand fair comment defence but not reverse burden of proof By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
News Lord Lester's libel reform bill goes before parliament Private Member's Defamation Bill aims to reform 'costly' and 'complex' laws and calls for stronger public interest defence and new rules for online By Laura Oliver • 3 min read
News Slyck.com refuses to remove content following legal threats from UK New York-based file-sharing and technology site says content is not defamatory, and is outside UK jurisdiction By Judith Townend • 2 min read
