There are signs of China's external behaviour becoming more aggressive in the coming years.If that happens, strategic implications for neighbours having territorial disputes with China can become......
A prominent Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, whose arrest and subsequent 20-year sentence for 'supporting terrorism' had drawn international condemnation, has been pardoned by President Mahinda......
A prominent Tamil reporter, whose detention in Sri Lanka was described by US President Barack Obama as an "emblematic example" of threats to media freedom, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison......
Amnesty International on Friday issued a 'Call to Bloggers', urging them to stand up for freedom of expression on the internet. 'This is a critical time when fundamental rights-- particularly......
A Central Chinese court on Saturday sentenced a senior journalist to ten years in jail for leaking top state secrets to foreign publications.Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.The......
Swimming in the Yangtze is not easy, or so web-giant Google is discovering, writes Anurag Viswanath. Bitten by the censorship shark, Google is threatening to withdraw from China over orchestrated......
Internet company Yahoo! has settled a lawsuit with two Chinese nationals, a journalist and a dissident. The company was sued for passing on personal information of the two to the Chinese......
The United States Congress is on the warpath -- and Internet giant Yahoo is on the receiving end. Early last year, officials of the Beijing State Security Bureau had asked Yahoo China for......