Russian music journalist Artemy Troitsky has faced several defamation cases this year for his outspoken criticism of rock stars, politicians and policemen.
Elena Vlasenko reports
Index on Censorship
Russia: Chechen human rights case programme “censored”
Elena Vlasenko reports on Russian state-owned television channel NTV’s move to censor a broadcast detailing a campaign for a fair investigation into the kidnapping and alleged torture of Chechen man Islam Umarpashaev
Russia: Report on torture of Chechen man “censored” by state television
A 30 October report concerning the work of a Russian human rights group working in Chechnya was pulled off of the air on NTV, one of the nation’s largest federal channels. The segment covering the work of Joint Mobile Group with the case of Islam...
Google: a case for internet regulation?
Myriam Francois-Cerrah looks at the search giant’s latest figures on government take down demands
Campaign success: Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas stop selling government bonds to Belarus
Two more foreign banks halt cooperation with Belarus after German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Index and Free Belarus Now that she would intervene to stop Deutsche Bank from selling government bonds to Europe’s last dictatorship.
Rightscon: “If we don’t get this right, people will be put in jail”
Rachel Greenspan reports from the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, where industry and activists met to discuss free expression online
Censorship and Colonel Gaddafi: How to build a dictatorship
This account of censorship by
F el-Manssoury, published in Index on Censorship magazine in 1981 in Libya is based on first-hand knowledge of the early years of President Gaddafi’s regime
Beijing film festival not banned but forced to falter
Independent film festivals around the world are usually bustling affairs. This was not so in the case of the Sixth Beijing Independent Film Festival. The week-long event, scheduled to start last weekend, dampened down all its advertising for fear...
Libel reform campaign responds to parliamentary committee findings
The Libel Reform Campaign is calling for the government to honour manifesto promises for a defamation bill with a strong public interest defence to protect authors, bloggers, scientists, academics and NGOs
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13-15 November: Index at the Society of Editors conference
France: Court orders French “cop watching” site to be blocked
A court in France has ruled that internet service providers must block access to a "cop watching" web site. The website, Copwatch Nord Paris I-D-F, shows pictures and videos of police officers arresting suspects, taunting protesters and allegedly...
Zarganar thanks Index on Censorship for support
Popular comic Zarganar was released from prison in Burma yesterday. His friend
Htein Lin managed to talk to him last night, and he passed on his thanks to Index and all those who campaigned on his behalf