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ARTICLE 19 welcomes the landmark ruling of the High Court in Belfast in the
case of investigative journalist, Suzanne Breen, which decided that a court order
forcing her to hand over her notes would have threatened her life and the lives of her family, and compromised the protection of her sources.

Lawyer Le Cong Dinh (right) has always worked to change the system from within – which is exactly why his arrest is troubling, says Roby Alampay

Huge rallies in Tehran earlier this week saw hundreds of thousands of people defy bans and take to the streets to protest at the declaration that the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had won Friday’s poll over the more moderate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Fiery television debates, and the tactics of Ahmadinejad’s own supporters, have emboldened Iran’s newspapers, says Meir Javedanfar.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression,
Frank La Rue, has come under extraordinary attack while presenting his first
annual report to the eleventh session of the Human Rights Committee in Geneva
on 2 June 2009.

English PEN is deeply concerned by the harassment of award-winning author, journalist and activist Lydia Cacho, giving rise to fears for her safety. Cacho reports being watched and followed by unknown armed individuals.

Has Cuba moved away from the policies of the old regime? The three-year prison sentence imposed on Habana Press director and independent journalist Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet on 12 May 2009 suggests Raúl Castro is following in his brother’s footsteps.

The unprecedented mass protests in Moldova last month would not have happened without Twitter. Natalia Morar should know: she was one of the activists who made it happen

The Australian government’s ignorance about the Internet is impeding attempts to ban online content, says John Ozimek