Belarus: Pulling the plug

Europe’s last dictatorship plans even tighter controls over citizens’ access to the digital world, Index shows in a new report

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Religion and free speech: it’s complicated

For centuries, free speech and religion have been cast as opponents. Index looks at the complicated relationship between religion and free speech

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The practice of freedom

The fight for freedom begins with freedom of speech, says Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This is one of a series of manifestos demanding a more outspoken world in the 40th anniversary issue of Index on Censorship

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Index on Censorship’s response to the Leveson report

Index on Censorship opposes recommendations for the statutory underpinning of press regulation

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Bahrain is Britain’s shame

Today at the Houses of Parliament, Maryam al-Khawaja asked MPs to put pressure on Bahrain to commit to reforms and free politcal prisoners, including her father and sister. Here, the prominent human rights defender denounces Britain’s indifference

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The modern Big Brothers

Mike Harris explains how modern authoritarian regimes censor their citizens

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Downloading evil

Writing for Index on Censorship magazine in 2007, the late Stan Cohen argued that child pornography and jihadi violence were testing the limits of tolerance  

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What future for free speech in the new Egypt?

As Egypt closes 2012 with the approval of a new constitution, Ashraf Khalil reflects on a tumultuous year, and looks ahead to an uncertain future

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