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Bahrain’s brutal crackdown

by Index on Censorship | 19 Apr 2011

As Bahraini soldiers — aided by foreign troops — crush protests, youth activist Mohammed Al-Maskati whose family have been detained, asks the international community to speak out

List of cyber activists detained and arrested in Bahrain

Azerbaijan: Swedish TV crew arrested then deported

by Index on Censorship | 19 Apr 2011

Azerbaijani officials detained three Swedish TV journalists while they were preparing to cover an opposition demonstration in Baku on 17 April. The journalists were subsequently deported on 18 April. An official at the Interior Ministry commented...

Ai Weiwei’s wife, Lu Qing, is “very worried”

by Index on Censorship | 14 Apr 2011

The Chinese authorities detained dissident artist Ai Weiwei more than a week ago. Yesterday, Ai’s wife Lu Qing, also an artist, spoke to Justin Webb on BBC Radio Four’s Today programme about her husband’s arrest, saying that they have no reason to...

Egypt: blogger given three-year jail sentence for criticising military

by Index on Censorship | 12 Apr 2011

Maikel Nabil, a 26-year old blogger, has been sentenced to three years in jail for writing a negative article about the Egyptian armed forces. Mr. Nabil was arrested last month after publishing a blog in which he criticised the army’s role during...

Singer Lapiro de Mbanga released from prison

by Index on Censorship | 11 Apr 2011

Singer Lapiro de Mbanga released from prison

Burqa ban will not protect women

by Index on Censorship | 11 Apr 2011

Proposed bans on face coverings are a reflection not on Islam, but on European insecurity, says Myriam Francois-Cerrah

BNP Koran burning charge dropped

by Index on Censorship | 11 Apr 2011

A Public Order Act charge against British National Party member Sion Owens, who was arrested over the weekend for burning a copy of the Koran in his garden and posting a video of the act on the internet, was dropped this morning. Owens had been...