Iran’s police chief today warned the opposition movement that their emails and text messages are being monitored and that those who use SMS, emails or other web tools to organise protests will be severely punished. General Ismail Ahmadi-Moghaddam...
Ethics v opportunity: Google reopens the China debate
Google’s announcement that its can no longer ignore free speech concerns in China puts other technology companies in the spotlight says Cynthia Wong
Index on Censorship salutes Google stand on free expression
Index on Censorship today welcomed Google’s announcement that it will no longer co-operate with Chinese government’s censorship of google.cn, the company’s Chinese search engine
Google to stop censoring search results in China
Google has announced it will stop censoring search results in China after discovering that hackers have been targeting the company’s Gmail system in order to access the email accounts of Chinese human rights campaigners.
European court rules stop and search powers illegal
Judges decide section 44 violates claimant’s human rights but journalists and protesters are unlikely to see change on the ground says Leah Borromeo
Kazakhstan: Press freedom activists put on trial
Three press freedom activists who organised a flash-mob protest in support of jailed Kazakh journalists have been put on trial. The group - which includes Raushan Esergepova, the wife of the jailed newspaper editor Ramazan Esergepov - are accused...