Jane Fae: The controversy over feminist writer Julie Bindel’s “transphobia” is more than just a difference of opinion
Question time for Bindel
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Chávez, Ortega buy Nicaraguan opposition station
Channel 8, a critical TV station with the government, has been bought by a consortium created by presidents Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chávez. Details of the transaction had been kept secret, and Ortega's possible control of the channel raised concern...
Britain: Perverse logic
Despite the odd absurd anomaly, such as an attempt to prosecute for a depiction of a woman having sex with a cartoon tiger, the UK government’s “extreme pornography” laws have not have proved to be the threat to free expression says John Ozimek
Line up of libel reform working group announced
The full membership of the Justice Department's libel working group, which convenes tomorrow (28 January), has been announced. The working group will be chaired by Rowena Collins-Rice, Director-General, Democracy, Constitution and Law and Chief...
Index on Censorship welcomes reversal of United Kingdom Supreme Court anonymity
Significant ruling endorses free press and open justice
PAST EVENT: Koestler – The Indispensable Intellectual
Koestler – The Indispensable Intellectual: Michael Scammell at the Free Word Centre, Tuesday 16 February 1pm
Impunity: stopping the killers
Impunity is an urgent issue facing press freedom campaigners. Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists outlines a roadmap for action
Venezuela: Chavez bent on silencing media
Free media in Venezuela suffers another blow, RCTV has been removed from cable platforms. Daniel Duquenal reports
Venezuela orders RCTV removal from cable
Venezuela's media regulator has ordered that RCTV be removed from transmission by cable providers. RCTV's terrestrial licence was revoked in 2007, in an act seen by many as revenge for the station's support for a coup against President Hugo Chavez...
Tweeting against freedom
The social media campaign against Rod Liddle, rumoured to be made editor of the Independent, is not just illiberal, argues Hari Kunzru, it is dangerous, censorious, and inexcusable. The centre-left has damaged the culture of free speech in Britain
SLAPPs and chills
This article originally appeared in Index on Censorship magazine 01/99 This year's round-up of television troubles concentrates specifically on the bullying of broadcasters and asks: are they being SLAPPed around? Julian Petley reports SLAPPS...
Libel: an unsavoury business
Fear of libel actions and of losing advertising revenue has persuaded most media to leave well alone when it comes to exposing some of the more unsavoury aspects of the burger giant McDonald’s. Julian Petley reports
