Belarusian authorities have filed charges against journalist Andrzej Poczobut. Poczobut works for the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. He is charged with insulting the Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in articles that were published in...

Jude Law and Kevin Spacey bring drama to the Commons
After a performance in the House of Commons in support of Belarus’s imprisoned opposition activists and journalists, Denis MacShane warns the leaders of Europe’s last dictatorship that justice plays a long game
PAST EVENT: 1 April: Manifestos for the 21st Century launch
1 April: Manifestos for the 21st Century launch
A wife’s appeal for dignity
The fear comes in not knowing. This is something Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese rights lawyer who disappeared on April 10 last year, well knows. Geng wrote a touching appeal in the New York Times today calling attention to her...
Wilmshurst hit with fresh libel suit
Cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst is facing a fourth libel suit from medical instrument firm NMT. The case relates to the writ NMT issued on 26th Nov 2010 about Peter's interview on the Today programme on 27 Nov 2009.

Howard Jacobson speaks out for scepticism
The Booker prize winning novelist’s keynote address at the 11th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards
Gao Zhisheng awarded Bindmans Law and Campaigning prize
Video: The human rights lawyer’s wife, Geng He, accepted the award on his behalf in a video shown at tonight’s Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression awards, sponsored by SAGE

Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2011
The 11th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe
Behind China’s Gmail block
For the past few weeks Chinese users have been frequently struggling with access to Gmail and two days ago Google accused the government of disturbing its email service. "This is a government blockage, carefully designed to look like the problem is...
Small Media Symposium 2011: Registration now open
Small Media Symposium: Registration now open
University threatens MP with libel case over Gaddafi criticism
Liverpool John Moores University has threatened to sue a Conservative MP after he criticised its relations with the Libyan regime, Index on Censorship has learned. Robert Halfon MP, whose grandfather was expelled from Libya in 1968, has been...
Bahraini 'blog father' goes missing; police raid family's home
Bahrain: ‘Blog father’ Ali Abdulemam goes missing