Tamil journalist killed in air raid
Reporter Punniyamurthy Sathyamurthy was killed during an air raid carried out by the Sri Lankan Army on the north of the country on 12 February.
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India’s culture of grievance
The legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi
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The Satanic Verses at 20
On 14 February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran declared a death sentence on novelist Salman Rushdie after the publication of The Satanic Verses. Twenty years on Lisa Appignanesi, recalls how a ground-breaking, visionary novel was hijacked and transformed into an international political cause
Plus: Bernard-Henri Lévy says the fatwa marked a retreat from tolerance
Kenan Malik on why Rushdie’s critics won the war
Peter Mayer on how Penguin faced down the threats
Malise Ruthven describes a political storm
Salil Tripathi says religious offence stifles debate
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Index on Censorship on Newsnight
Index on Censorship editor Jo Glanville was a guest on the BBC’s Newsnight on Thursday night, discussing the Geert Wilders controversy.
You can watch it here (five minutes in).