Italy: why is landfill an official secret?
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Index on Censorship
USA: Supreme Court to decide on Westboro funeral protests
The Supreme Court is to decide next week whether members of Westboro Baptist Church have the constitutional right to picket military funerals. Al Snyder, the father of a US marine whose funeral was accompanied by the protesters' anti-gay and...
Uzbekistan: Human rights activist convicted of libel
Human rights campaigner Surat Ikramov was found guilty on libel charges on 28 September for an article he published about the suspicious death of singer Dilnura Kadyrjanova in 2007. Ikramov, head of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights...
Russian painters to boycott Louvre over banned artist
A group of Russian artists have threatened to boycott an exhibition at the Louvre over the removal of works deemed offensive to Vladimir Putin. Seven painters have said they won't partiicpate because of a ban on Avdei Ter-Oganyan's "Radical...
Iran: “Blogfather” sentenced to more than 19 years in prison
An Iranian news website is reporting that blogger Hossein "Hoder" Derakhshan has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison. Mashregh News says that he was convicted on charges of cooperating with hostile countries, spreading anti-government...
Nobel Institute warned not to award prize to Chinese dissident
The Chinese government is putting pressure on the Nobel committee not to award the peace prize to Liu Xiaobo. The activist is currently serving an 11-year sentence for subversion. According to the director of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad,...
Iran: Authorities revoke director’s filming permit
Iranian authorities have revoked the filming permit of an internationally acclaimed director over his support for dissident filmmakers. Asghar Ferhadi, who won the award for best director at the Berlin festival in 2009, called for change at a...
Malaysia: Cartoonist arrested for “sedition”
A cartoonist is under investigation on suspicion of sedition. Zulkifli Awar Ulhaque, more commonly known as Zunar, was arrested on 26 September just hours before the launch of his new book --- a collection of satirical political cartoons. Zunar was...
France: Google fined 5,000 euros in libel ruling
A convicted sex offender has sued Google after he found that an instant search of his name on Google.fr was accompanied with the words "rapist", "Satanist", "convicted" and "prison". A court in Paris has ordered the internet giant to pay 5,000...
Israel: History textbook banned
The Education Ministry has banned a history textbook that includes both the Israeli and Palestinian narrative of the Middle East conflict. The principal of a high school in Sderot was summoned to the ministry after his school was found to be using...
Cambodia: Opposition leader sentenced to ten years in prison
The leader of the opposition has been sentenced to ten years in prison for comments he made about a border dispute with Vietnam. Sam Rainsy, who is currently living in exile in Paris, was convicted in absentia on 23 September, on charges of...
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