Smartphone message monitoring may be necessary for governments, but it should not turn to mere snooping, says Salil Tripathi
Prohibitions on reporting on green movement leaders are just the latest restrictions imposed by the Islamic Republic. Negar Esfandiary reports
The Turkish government’s battle with the PKK threatens to stifle art itself, says Kaya Genç
Literary critic Frank Kermode died this week at the age of 90. Writing for Index on Censorship in 2001, he discussed memory and biography
Canberra’s idea of an internet filter that has proved unpopular with its citizens. Quentin McDermott reports
The leaders of the Emirates are nervous of an Iranian-style uprising, says
Christopher Davidson
Dissident Yu Jie is ignoring threats of prison to publish a book describing Premier Wen Jiabao as “China’s best actor”.
Dinah Gardner reports
The barring of photographers from picturing the supermodel at the Hague highlights the clash between privacy and free expression. Simon Jennings reports
The kidnap of four journalists in Durango state has made the capital’s elite take notice of the dangers for journalists attempting to work under the shadow of the traffickers. Ana Arana reports
Index on Censorship’s Mike Harris took part in a discussion on the use of social media and protest at the Frontline Club on Tuesday night with Sina Motalebi of BBC Persian TV, Sunny Hundal of Liberal Conspiracy, Benjamin Chesterton of Duckrabbit, and Mexico Reporter founder Deborah Bonello
President Barack Obama has signed the SPEECH Act into US law, a move designed to protect US writers and reporters from England’s controversial defamation laws
Following Rwanda’s election-related crackdown on the independent media, the UK is finally starting to wise up, says Lars Waldorf
Protests result in the province’s bloodiest summer in many years as a new generation takes to the streets calling for independence from India. Priyanka Boghani reports
Nightmare on Holy Street, Part 2: His Holiness goes to the Court of Appeal.
Hardeep Singh reports
The video-sharing website has wrongly barred Iranians from its documentary experiment, Life in a Day, because of US sanctions.
Negar Esfandiary reports
A reporter for Dunya News was assaulted outside his residence on 29 August and has received death threats after he filmed two brothers being lynched by a mob in Sailkot earlier in the month. Hafiz Imran was reportedly pushed against a wall by unidentified men on motorcycles and sustained fractures to his shoulder. On 15 [...]
Banned Books – is censorship by public libraries ever acceptable? 15 September, 5.30pm
FLOW, the Free Word Festival presents Two Minutes of Hate. 20 September
FLOW Free Word Centre Festival presents Walking the line : Young people discuss free speech. 15 September, 1pm, London
Index on Censorship magazine launches its new issue Smashed Hits 2.0 Live with Mahsa Vahdat and Khyam Allami. 21 September, 6.30pm, Free Word Centre
Index on Censorship presents GO EAST with the Belarus Free Threatre. Sunday 29 August. Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
