The proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda threatens free expression not only for the gay community, but for all says Risdel Kasasira
Uganda: the “anti-human rights bill”
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Iran: protesters arrested over torn Khomeini picture
Several people have been arrested in Tehran over the tearing up of a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during anti-government demonstrations last week. State television broadcast footage of what it claimed were opposition supporters tearing...
China: personal domain names banned
China has banned individuals from registering internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal websites in the toughest government censorship drive so far on the internet reports the Financial Times. China has banned the...
2009: Year in review
Index on Censorship looks back on the highs and lows of the year. Editors, journalists, artists and scholars on the frontline review the challenges for free speech around the world.
Australia gives green light to internet censorship
The Australian government has announced that it is to go ahead with controversial internet censorship plans after trials of the new filtering system were found to be accurate. The filter laws will be introduced in parliament in August 2010 and will...
Blogger faces death penalty in Vietnam
Blogger and pro-democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung is facing the death penalty after being charged with "trying to overthrow the government" and is due to be tried at the end of the month. Trung was arrested in July on a charge of propaganda...
Judges “irresponsible” in Binyam Mohamed case
Lawyers for the foreign secretary, David Miliband have branded two senior judges "irresponsible" for wanting to disclose intelligence material related to allegations of torture involving the CIA and the UK's alleged collusion. Jonathan Sumption QC,...
Facebook closes Rage Against the Machine no1 group
Social networking site Facebook has apparently closed a group advocating 90s group Rage Against the Machine's Killing In The Name Of as Christmas number 1 single. The group, which had over 750,000 members, was set up in opposition to TV talent sho...
Egypt: blogger Wael Abbas given jail term
Egyptian journalist, blogger and human rights activist Wael Abbas has been sentenced to six months in prison according to his Twitter page. In his tweet he says "I was sentenced to 6 months in prison in absentia, I don't know yet what for, will...
Street clashes in Turkey after Kurdish party banned
Clashes have erupted in Istanbul's Beyoglu district as around 200 Kurds protesting at the closure of a leading Kurdish party clashed with Turkish nationalists and police. It was the third straight day of street violence after the constitutional...
Take on the libel bullies
Not everyone can be as lucky as I was, says Alexei Sayle. Our defamation laws are as outdated as barristers’ wigs and gowns
Lord Chief Justice will chair Singh appeal
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, is to chair the bench in what could be a landmark hearing for libel law in England. Lord Judge will preside over science writer Simon Singh's appeal against an earlier ruling on meaning in the case he is...