Open justice: Admission to Assange hearing ‘by ticket only’
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Index on Censorship
Syrian protesters in UK report threats
Syrian anti-government protesters in London have received threatening phone calls and house visits from Syrian embassy officials, they claim. Though the protesters cannot be arrested by embassy officials, the government can threaten to detain...
Iraq: Cameraman killed by car bomb
Afaq.tv cameraman, Salem Alwan Al-Gharabi, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in southern Iraq on Tuesday. At least 27 people were killed in the double car bomb attack outside a government compound in Diwaniya, a city 275 km south of Baghdad....
Israeli radio station targeted by fake free speech campaign
Activists have attacked the Army Radio with a bizarre phone message scam, reports Daniella Peled
Sudanese government halts the printing presses
This year has seen the arrest of more than 30 journalists and a popular newspaper prevented from printing five times, reports Abdelgadir Mohamed Abdelgadir
China: Censors close whistle blowing site
A website allowing Chinese citizens to blow the whistle on official bribery, www.ibribery.com, has been shut down. Site creator Chen Hong copied the idea from Indian site ipaidabribe.com. Censors blocked access to Hong's site after it received 200,...
Swaziland: Journalist detained and accused of tainting country’s image
Swazi journalist Mancoba Nxumalo was held by police on Wednesday (22 June) and accused of "tarnishing" the Kingdom's image, he has claimed. The journalist believes he was targeted for arranging interviews for South African broadcaster SABC with two...
Geert Wilders acquitted of hate charges by Dutch court
The controversial Dutch politician has avoided punishment for expressing his views on Islam. But his trials are far from over, Sander Zurhake
Bahrain: Life sentences for exercising their right to free speech
Activists are accused of belonging to a secret network, but the court has failed to prove its existence or even its name, says Saeed al-Shehabi, chairman of the Bahrain Freedom Movement – and sentenced in absentia
Reaction from Maryam Alkhawaja whose father and uncle are among those convicted
‘Voluntary’ website blocking scheme threatens free expression
Leaked documents have revealed British government plans that could seriously affect web users. Peter Bradwell reports
Ai Weiwei returns home
After 81 days in detention, the detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has finally been allowed to go home. His mother Gao Ying didn't sleep last night, and his sister Gao Ge told the Guardian that she is "very, very happy". While Ai is much skinnier,...
Bahrain: Life imprisonments are a “hard blow to free expression”
Eight Bahraini activists and opposition leaders have been jailed for life and over a thousand activists remain in detention, reports human rights campaigner Maryam Alkhawaja whose father and uncle are among those convicted