The press watchdog has decided not to uphold a complaint about Jan Moir's column in the Daily Mail on the death of Stephen Gately.

But the Paris-based press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has condemned Moyo's action.

Parvaz's brother told the Paris-based press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, that the family had received no notification from the authorities in Tehran.

The verdict was condemned as a strike against press freedom by virtually the entire Algerian independent press and numerous political parties, as well as from international press watchdogs.

Iran's conservative press watchdog shut down four publications on Monday, including a major reformist newspaper.

The press watchdog Howard Kurtz framed the debate - "Is 18-year-old Chelsea Clinton now officially fair game for the jackals of media?"

P2 Leveson inquiry: MPs "may use state-run press watchdog to suppress stories".

Andrew Moyse, who coordinates the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe, a press watchdog, also criticized the arrests.

The press watchdog is already facing serious questions over its effectiveness and the Milly revelations will do nothing to curb its reputation of weakness.

He said that a "further step" beyond the existing press watchdog, the press complaints commission, would enable people to appeal PCC adjudications without recoursing to the law.