Councillor John Dixon on Newsnight
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Index on Censorship
Hrant Dink trial reveals police failure to cooperate
The 14th hearing in the trial of the three men accused of murdering journalist Hrant Dink has revealed a lack of police cooperation and investigation. Reporters San Frontieres reports that various pieces of evidence for the trial had not been...
Thai authorities close 26 radio stations
Reports from Thailand state that 26 community radio stations have recently been closed down by the government using emergency decrees. Thai authorities claim that the stations incited people to join the Red Shirt protests earlier this year and were...
Singapore arrest highlights censorship
British Author Alan Shadrake has been arrested in Singapore for writing a book critical of the city state’s use of the death sentence. Ben Bland reports
British author arrested in Singapore
Earlier today British author Alan Shadrake was arrested in Singapore for alleged criminal defamation and contempt of court .The state run Media Development Authority filed a complaint against Shadrake's book, which examines the death penalty in...
Sally Laird 1956 – 2010
Former Index on Censorship editor Sally Laird died recently after a long battle with cancer. Here, Robert Chandler appreciates an extraordinary translator and journalist
Making a drama out of a crisis
Nick Cohen: Making a drama out of a crisis
PAST EVENT: 20 July: Protecting reputations or strengthening freedom of speech: How should we reform our libel laws?
20 July: Protecting reputations or strengthening freedom of speech: How should we reform our libel laws?
Death of Sally Laird, editor of Index on Censorship, 1988-1989
Index on Censorship is sad to announce the death of Sally Laird on 15 July 2010. Born in 1956, Laird was USSR editor for Index on Censorship between June 1986 and November 1988 and went on to become editor in chief until August 1989. During her...
Ivory Coast: Three journalists arrested
The editor, managing editor and publisher of an Ivory Coast newspaper have been arrested and charged with theft of official documents. The senior managers of the Nouveau Courrier d'Abidjan were arrested after they printed details of a classified...
Belarus Free Theatre – Numbers
A recording of a performance of "Numbers", directed by Vladimir Shcherban, performed in secret by the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw theatre group in Europe's last dictatorship. Now watch Video: Natalia Koliada on surviving in Europe’s last...
PAST EVENT: 20 July. Film screening: The Sun Behind The Clouds
20 July. Film screening: The Sun Behind The Clouds
