Freed Cuban journalist Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona (above) has arrived in Madrid after being released from the Kilo 5½ Prison in his native Pinar del Río Province, informs the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Arroyo arrived in the Spanish capital...

Merkel (right) handing the award to Westergaard in Potsdam, Germany, today (EPA photo) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a huge show of foreign policy courage, today presented Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose life is under constant threat by a Islamic...

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel tomorrow will honor Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard as a tribute to press freedom and because "we should never forget how valuable liberty is," she was quoted as saying in a Agence France Press story. Merkel will...

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Kramer, a veteran of the Bush administration's foreign policy team, is the chosen one to succeed Jennifer Windsor, who's becoming a member of Georgetown University's faculty. Here's FH's announcement of Kramer's selection: Freedom House announced today that David J. Kramer...

This is a very important opinion piece by a US musician who has been in the freedom of expression trenches and won. But now, Damian Kulash, the lead singer of the rock group OK Go, has picked up another fight,...

Fernández smiles next to his wife after arriving in Madrid (EPA photo) Released Cuban journalist Adolfo Fernández Sainz, 61, arrived today in Madrid along with his wife and brother in law, becoming the 26th and perhaps the last dissident who...

Freed journalists Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, 44, and Fabio Prieto Llorente, 47, have arrived in Madrid in separate flights from Havana accompanied by a total of 16 relatives. Herrera (L) and Prieto in Madrid showing religious post cards (EPA photo)...

Going along with repressive government practices because of business reasons can cost you a high price in the court of public opinion. And world telecommunications giant Nokia Siemens Network is contemplating an embarrassing confrontation with an unsuspected giant. (Radio Free...

Freedom House today released the following statement commending US legislation that blocks the effects in the United States of the abuse of criminal defamation suits filed in other countries: Freedom House commends new legislation signed by President Obama last week...

This blog is chock-full of evidence of Tunisian President Ben Ali's distaste for a free and independent press. Just search for "Ben Ali" and you will find enough examples. And now it seems as if he has found a new...

After years of putting together the most sophisticated censoring apparatus in human history, China's bosses have decided that enough is enough. The world's largest cellular phone company —state-owned China Mobile— and the country's official mouthpiece —the Xinhua News Agency— have...

The Freedom Train from Havana is about to take six more dissidents to Spain, including journalists Juan Carlos Herrera Costa and Fabio Prieto Llorente. According to El País newspaper in Madrid (Spanish only), the office of the Havana Archbishop today...

Freedom House released the following statement about the recent harassment of several independent media outlets by Pakistani government: The recent closure of independent television stations and burning of newspapers in Pakistan signals continued intolerance by the Pakistani government to criticism...

South Africa's party in power came out swinging after the harsh criticism labeled by the country's media over attempts to curtail press freedom in arguably the continent's freest country. African National Congress (ANC) spokesman Jackson Mthembu today defiantly told the...

Google and Verizon today announced their joint recommendation to govern Internet traffic, igniting a storm of criticism from groups who favor Net Neutrality and leaving the Internet alone. According to their proposal, no content should be favored by providing it...

One would think that Baidu, China's largest search engine, would rejoice at Google's decision back in March to abandon the Chinese market. After all, Baidu now controls 70 percent of that market, its profits this year are expected to double...

The South African news media are very loudly denouncing legislative plans that would inflict two demolishing blows to the country's press freedom. A statement published on Sunday and signed by 36 top South African editors is urging the ruling African...

This cartoon by Michel Cambon, distributed by WAN-IFRA, pointedly illustrates the state of the independent media in Tunisia. These "doctors" pretending to take care of the country's media are in fact providing a death by a thousand wounds. The latest...

Washington, USA, July 26, 2010 — The sentencing of Uighur journalist Hailaite Niyaz is another sign of the Chinese government’s continued efforts to restrict freedom of expression overall, as well as its ongoing suppression of the rights of the Uighur...