China’s Global Times Chinese edition is well known for being a nationalist paper owned by the Communist Party. The Chinese edition is often peppered with official jargon and an attitude to Western countries that can be summarized as a pugnacious...
Eric Avebury outlines the systematic repression that has brought the people of Bahrain onto the streets
Journalists trying to visit Chen Guangcheng, a human rights activist who is under house arrest, have come under attack to stop them from meeting him. A number of reporters have been attacked by men in plain-clothes who have set up checkpoints...
Laura MacPhee: Free speech rows at UK universities
Journalist, Fumbah Kanneh, was attacked and beaten by police while covering an international women's football match between Liberia and Ghana on 13 February. The police spotted him as he videotaped them manhandling spectators who had invaded the...
19 February: Protest in solidarity with Belarus prisoners of conscience
Two deaths have been reported in anti-government demonstrations in Tehran. The deaths came as anti-government protesters clashed with police and pro-government supporters. It is not clear which camp the dead demonstrators belonged to, with both the...
In a major speech on internet freedom, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned governments not to restrict online liberty but said she opposed confidential leaks. Index on Censorship consulted the experts for their verdict
Remarks delivered by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at George Washington University, 15 February 2011 Thank you all very much and good afternoon. It is a pleasure, once again, to be back on the campus of the George Washington University, a...
An appeals court has overturned an 18-year prison sentence handed out to activist Daranee Charnchoengsilapakul. The activist, better known as Da Torpedo, was charged with insulting the monarchy for speeches she made at anti-government rallies in...
Journalists covering the anti-government protests in Yemen have come under attack from the police and pro-government supporters. Many were physically attacked in the course of covering the protests, while others had their equipment seized or...
President Saleh is walking a fine line — using violence to disperse peaceful protests works until civilian deaths make international news. Iona Craig reports