New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten, ...

Website attacks and street protests over EU piracy agreement. UK, France, Spain have all signed up to Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous and splinter groups associated with it have begun unleashing havoc around the ...

Countries which pride themselves on free speech slide down international league table. Britain slides from 19th to 28th place on back of phone hacking, Leveson Inquiry and 'libel tourists' America falls from 20th to 47th ...