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Fugitive former US government contractor Edward Snowden slams on twitter the arrest in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, calling it a "dark moment for press freedom." ANIMATED TWEET
Two Reuters reporters, accused of breaching Myanmar's secrecy law, arrive in court as judges are due to decide whether to grant them bail. There are fears the pair could otherwise face months in detention during convoluted pre-trial hearings. IMAGES
"We want to defend those civil liberties, we want to defend press freedom, and we want to see the freedom of Julian Assange. Free Julian Assange!" says Tim Dawson, the Deputy General Secretary of the Interantional Federation of Journalists (IFJ), addressing Assange supporters outside court on day two of the WikiLeaks founder's hearing. SOUNDBITE
The United States says that a Russian ban on US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty shows Moscow's efforts to deny open information. "It is quite clear that they do not want their people to have information about what the Russian regime does abroad, what the Russian regime does to its own people," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by "systematic repression", United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at a summit in Indonesia with the United States, China and regional leaders. SOUNDBITE
Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday for economic talks at the Eastern Economic Forum in the city of Vladivostok. IMAGES
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