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Index responds to Theresa May comments
Theresa May’s comments on the Andrew Marr Show have lead to a round of speculation around the actions that the Home Secretary will take in the wake of Woolwich, especially in regard to the shelved Communications Data Bill.
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Groups call US Justice Department actions ‘appalling’
A group of organisations sent a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder demanding a full and transparent report on the Department of Justice’s secret investigations into journalists and whistleblowers.

Egyptian teacher faces jail for allegedly insulting Muhammad
An Egyptian Christian primary school teacher has gone into hiding after pupils accused her of blasphemy. Shahira Amin reports.
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AUSTRALIA Photographers withdraw from Vivid over censorship claims Two international photographers have withdrawn their works from an exhibition in Sydney in protest over what one has described as censorship. (ABC News) AZERBAIJAN In Azerbaijan,...
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BRAZIL Brazil’s Federal Police seize journalist’s equipment Brazil’s Federal Police seized a journalist’s equipment – including his computer – during an operation to remove indians from a farm in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The seizure was...

Vietnamese activists appeal sentences
Index on Censorship has joined a coalition of organisations expressing deep concerns over the Vietnamese government’s treatment of human rights activists, who are appealing their harsh sentences for free expression “crimes”.
• Letter to Vietnam’s Leaders
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GLOBAL Stockholm Internet Forum: Balancing rights and security Does surveillance and monitoring chill free expression? Is population-wide mass surveillance always a bad idea? Amongst many questions and debates at today’s Stockholm Internet Forum,...

South Africa’s secrecy bill signals growing political intolerance
The so-called secrecy bill’s passage through the South African parliament mirrors an increasing political intolerance towards diverse views that in some cases has spilled over in violence, Christi van der Westhuizen reports.
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AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijani journalist reports threats The Index Award-winning Azerbaijani journalist Idrak Abbasov says he had been threatened by the family of a man who was arrested after an online posting, according to Institute for Reporters’...
Azerbaijani journalist reports threats
The Index Award-winning Azerbaijani journalist Idrak Abbasov says he had been threatened by the family of a man who was arrested after an online posting, according to Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety.