Is it time for another revolution? Index on Censorship examines the legacy of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Iraqi shoe-thrower’s release delayed
The release of journalist Muntazer al Zaidi, who was due to be freed on 14 September, has been postponed for at least one day. Al Zaidi was jailed after throwing a shoe at former American president George Bush during a press conference. According...
Second UN official expelled from Sri Lanka
Days after the UN chief Ban Ki-Moon condemned the Sri Lankan government’s decision to expel Unicef’s communications officer from the country, new information has been reported in the Guardian that another UN official was expelled from the country....
The end of libel tourism?
Libel tourist Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz has left an unexpected legacy, says Rachel Ehrenfeld. US reporters will soon be free from the threat of English libel laws
Indonesia unhappy over “Balibo 5” inquiry
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned that diplomatic ties with Australia "may be harmed" by a war crimes inquiry into the deaths of five journalists killed in East Timor in 1975. Recent investigations have indicated that senior...
Art and the administrators
John Ozimek on local politicians’ war on culture
El Salvador: suspects arrested in Poveda murder probe
On 10 September four men suspected of killing Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda in El Salvador were arrested. One of suspects is a police officer. The other three are members of Mara 18, a street gang that Poveda filmed for this 2008...
Portuguese court bans Madeleine McCann book
An account of the investigation into the disappearance Madeleine McCann investigation by a former Portuguese investigator on the case has been banned from further publication in Portugal. The Truth of the Lie by Goncalo Amaral claimed that...
Afghanistan: freelancer pays dearly
Afghan freelance journalist Sultan Munadi was killed in the British military rescue of New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell. Index on Censorship spoke about growing risks to local freelancers with Tina Carr of the Rory Peck Trust, a charity that helps freelance journalists and their families in times of crisis
PAST EVENT: Time For A Revolution? Launch, 17 September, Free Word Centre
Index on Censorship magazine launch: a special evening of theatre and discussion, Thursday 17 September, Free Word Centre, London
Pressure delays release of UN sex education guidelines
UNESCOs proposed international sex education guidelines aimed at reducing HIV have been removed from its website amid criticism by conservative American organisations that they were too explicit for young children. The guidelines are a product of...
Sudan: journalist Lubna Hussein freed
Journalist Lubna Hussein has been released, apparently "against her wishes", after the Sudanese journalists union paid the penalty fine of £130 for wearing trousers in public. She had refused to pay the fine herself. Hussein had initially faced a...