Government Eases Rules on Writers in Sanctioned Nations
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The Treasury Department, under fire for regulations that restricted the publication of works from countries under American economic sanctions, issued broad new rules yesterday that will allow
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Zimbabwe have rescinded a ban on British journalists wanting to cover a five-match cricket tour by England, a senior official at the department of information and publicity said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators yesterday tentatively agreed to ease an accounting requirement for foreign companies that trade on U S exchanges.
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China backs down from a censorship plan that required people to register on blog sites with their real names.
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The Pakistani government has barred journalists from certain areas of its Parliament House, as part of a move to limit the media.
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BEIJING -- China is relaxing decades-old restrictions on foreign reporters, announcing new regulations Friday that will give foreign media greater freedom to travel and report in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Even as the rules were made public, however, a Chinese court affirmed a prison...
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Singapore&#39;s new Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced an easing of restrictions on free speech in the tightly controlled island nation on Sunday.
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Government repression in some countries has shifted from journalists to bloggers, with the vitality of the Internet triggering a more focused crackdown as blogs increasingly take the place of mainstream news media, according to Lucie Morillon, Washington director of the advocacy group Reporters W...
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In a surprise move, the European Commission said Wednesday it is shelving plans to overhaul Europeâs rules on copyright fees, after intense lobbying from France and from groups representing artists and authors.
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China on Friday eased the rules governing foreign brokerage firms' joint ventures, modestly expanding their business scope and lowering the requirements for foreign firms entering the sector.
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The United States government should lift  its ban on publishing literature from countries like Cuba, Iran  and Sudan without special permission, Europe's biggest rights  watchdog said on Thursday.
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By Joseph Kahn  China imposed broad new restrictions on the distribution of foreign news inside the country Sunday, beefing up state regulations on the news media and raising more questions on the freedom of journalists to report.
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Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from the UK are to be eased, the government is expected to announce.
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The U.S. Senate has voted to outlaw  several favorite techniques of people who illegally copy and  distribute movies, but has dropped other measures that could  have led to jail time for Internet song-swappers.
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Two recent cases have caused journalists and bloggers to fear a government crackdown on freedom of expression.
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Zimbabwe's government is tightening restrictions on rights groups operating in the country, reports say.
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China has imposed a moratorium on new foreign investment in film and TV production companies, a news report on Friday quoted a regulatory official as saying.