Index award winner, Ferhat Tunç has been sentenced to 25 days in prison for a speech he made during a 2006 concert. Here Turkish novelist Kaya Genç talks to Kurdish musicians — including Tunç — about making their voices heard despite continuing discrimination and prejudice
Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega, a broadcaster with Radio Mindanao Network was shot dead on Monday 24 January in Puerto Princesa city. His lawyer has claimed that his murder was related to his work. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 99...
The editor of Waheen daily newspaper has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of defamation and spreading false news. Mohamud Abdi Jama will also have to pay a US$900 fine, the charges stem from an article in which he accused a police...
Despite the eruption of Tunisian inspired protests in Sana’a and other cities in Yemen calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, regime change seems unlikely. Iona Craig reports
Nyambe Muyumbana of Radio Lyambai and Mwala Kalaluka of the Post newspaper have been charged with sedition. The charges relate to coverage of the protests for greater autonomy in the Western Province of Zambia. The office of Radio Lyambai has also...
Censorship in Turkey is largely motivated by deep-rooted nationalism. Jennifer Amur explains the issues
Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, has refused permission for notes between former prime minister Tony Blair and former US president George Bush to be published by the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. Head of the Inquiry, Sir John...
On the anniversary of the death of Hrant Dink, David Judson reflects on the difficulties facing Turkey’s journalists
Plus remembering Hrant Dink: “We will continue to build on his hopes and dreams”
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained by authorities. His detention occurred after he was summoned to Evin prison court. One opposition website has claimed his arrest is due to his activities and interviews in...
The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously ruled that the payment of success fees of up to 100 per cent in privacy and defamation cases, under CFA agreements, constitutes a violation of the right to free expression. In a judgment in...
Judit Bayer says Hungary’s new media law is a serious attack on press freedom
French ministers denied Tunisia was a dictatorship and offered Ben Ali’s regime police support. Myriam Francois-Cerrah explains how France found itself on the backfoot
PLUS: Jillian C York: Tunisia hits the headlines
Rohan Jayasekera: The Middle East’s first cyber war