Video: Demonstration for Eynulla Fatullayev
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Index on Censorship
Bangladesh shuts down pro-opposition newspaper
Tintin ban is tantamount to “book burning”
A court case in Belgium has heard lawyers representing Georges Remi, the cartoonist behind the children's sleuth Tintin, attack calls by critics to ban the stories as "like burning books". Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a Congolese man based in Brussels,...
Uzbek radio host sentenced to six years
Uzbek poet, radio host and sports commentator Khayrullo Khamidov was sentenced to six years in prison on 28 May after being found guilty of belonging to a banned Islamic group. His lawyers plan to appeal the ruling to reduce his sentence....
BNP teacher ban a slippery slope
A campaign for a BNP teacher ban smacks of the thought police; people should not be punished for their private thoughts, however repugnant, argues Brendan O’Neill
Lester libel bill published
Response from the Libel Reform Campaign to Lord Lester of Herne Hill’s Private Member’s Defamation Bill
Turkish student convicted for Facebook cartoon
A Turkish student has received an 11-month suspended jail sentence after posting a cartoon of the local mayor on Facebook. Erdem Büyük, 22, of the northwestern city of Eskisehir, was arrested, interrogated after loading a cartoon of Yilmaz...
No Sex and the City for Abu Dhabi
Sex and the City 2 has been banned from the city in which the film is set, Abu Dhabi. A spokesperson for the National Media Council said on 19 May it had banned the film from the country because the “theme of the film does not fit with our cultural...
Koreans condemn Vienna Kim II Sung exhibit
A new exhibition in Vienna displaying North Korean poster art and architecture has been slammed by the Association of Austrian Koreans. The “Flowers for Kim II Sung” exhibition at the MAK museum, has been described as “idolising” and “embellishing...
Newcastle ruled the worst council for surveillance
Newcastle Upon Tyne local authority has been deemed the worst offender in Britain for covert surveillance operations, according to a study this week. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, local authorities have carried out over 8,500...
Zimbabwe: Two independent newspapers to be published
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is to authorize the publication of two newspapers independent of state control in Harare. The privately produced Daily News and Newsday, also publishers of the weekly Zimbabwe Independent and Standard newspapers,...
Sudan: Journalist charged with terrorism
A journalist working for a newspaper owned by the Islamist opposition politician, Hassan al-Turabi, has been charged with terrorism, espionage and destabilizing the constitutional system following his arrest on 15 May. Al-Turabi and a further three...