The founding editor of Morocco's biggest-selling daily Al Massae, Rachid Nini, was sentenced Monday to three months in jail for "publishing false information," a judicial source said.

Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula.

Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik Thursday told a court trying him for assault on a woman that he was framed by police because of his political reports.

Thai police have charged a fourth person with spreading false rumours about the health of the country's revered king, after concerns over his condition sent stocks plunging, police said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian journalist says he fears for his life and has gone into hiding after angering a nationalist pro-Kremlin youth group by writing an article criticizing Russia's Soviet past.

Press rights group Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday that a "paranoid" China had blocked tens of thousands of websites ahead of the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic.

China's leading dissidents are urging the world not to forget about human rights concerns as the Communist Party marks 60 years in power by showcasing the nation's growing clout.

Internet users in China have found more and more online roadblocks and dissidents have reported increased surveillance as the authorities nervously prepare to celebrate 60 years of communist rule.

The junta in Guinea stood no opposition Wednesday with "subversive" rallies banned and the media and politicians reduced to silence, after junta forces massacred more than 150 people.

Guinea's military ruler asked for a UN-backed probe after junta forces massacred more than 150 people and called for the setting up of an interim government until elections due in January.

Guinea's military ruler asked for a UN-backed probe after junta forces massacred more than 150 people and called for the setting up of an interim government until elections due in January.

J.S. Tissainayagam, a Tamil reporter and editor serving a 20-year prison sentence in Sri Lanka, was awarded the first Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on Friday.

Thousands gather in Rome to defend press freedom, target Berlusconi's alleged intrusions. Tens of thousands of people, including journalists and media rights activists, gathered in a Rome square Saturday to defend press freedom, accusing Premier Silvio Berlusconi of trying to silence critical voices.

More than 100,000 people rallied for press freedom in Rome's central square on Saturday, protesting that scandal-plagued Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wants to muzzle the media.

Tens of thousands thronged Rome's Piazza del Popolo on Saturday to demonstrate for press freedom, charging that scandal-plagued Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wants to muzzle the media.

Three years after the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, hundreds attended a demonstration in her memory in central Moscow Wednesday, with the assassin and mastermind of the murder still at large.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called on the mediators in Guinea to protect journalists, some of whom have received death threats, after the deadly military crackdown.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called on the mediators in Guinea to protect journalists, some of whom have received death threats, after the deadly military crackdown.

Russian court begins hearing on libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against newspaper. A Moscow court began hearings Thursday in a libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against a Russian newspaper that he claims called into question the Soviet dictator's honor and dignity.

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, guest of honour China and Chinese dissidents cross paths but have not met in public debates despite calls for talks without taboos by Chancellor Angela Merkel.