Expression and Defamation

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"Legal restrictions now extend to the Internet," says press freedom organisation	Reporters Without Borders regrets that a bill passed by parliament on 4 May allowing the authorities to block websites with content deemed to have insulted the memory of the Turkish republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was signed into law by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on 22 May.
A British journalist living in Zambia faces deportation.	The action comes after Mr Clarke's satirical column criticised the government. The case is pending appeal.
Amnesty condemns tech firms over human rights.	Amnesty International UK and Open Net Initiative (ONI), an Internet surveillance monitoring organisation, have claimed that several large technology companies are guilty of collaborating with "repressive" governmental regimes. Together with The Observer, Amnesty and ONI have launched the Irrepressible.info campaign to urge people to take a stand against repression.
Another blogger gets jail sentence.	Reporters without Borders report: an Iranian weblog editor has been imprisoned and fined for supposedly insulting the country's leaders and making anti-government propaganda.
Apple v. ThinkSecret : confidentiality of sources must be respected.	Reporters Without Borders call for online journalists, as well as journalist website operators and bloggers, to be accorded the same legal protections as journalists with the traditional press.
Blogger could go to prison for posting Jesus Cartoons	- Reporters Without Borders say that the Singaporean authorities are violating free expression and trying to foster self-censorship in the country’s blogosphere.
Disney blocks Michael Moore film	on Bush links with leading Saudis.
Internet in China - Amnesty International publish an update.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner sues US.	Shirin Ebadi claims her memoirs would be blocked in the US by regulations preventing publishing activities involving works by authors in countries such as Iran, Cuba and Sudan.
Judges rule against peace vigil.	The Home Office appeal against Brian’s right to remain in the Square has been successful, so peace activist Brian Haw may have to end his five-year vigil outside Parliament. But all is not lost… there is some negotiation taking place over the conditions the police wish to impose on Brian’s protest. Indymedia report as the situation unfolds.