The Czech government has expressed outrage over the broadcast of an anti-Roma (Gypsy) campaign advert by a far-right National Party (NS) which spoke of "a final solution to the Gypsy issue" Read more here
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Index on Censorship
Geert Wilders loses appeal
Controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders has lost an appeal against a pending prosecution for incitement to hatred against Muslims. Read more here
Surveillance of protesters ruled illegal
Police surveillance of arm trade protester Andrew Wood has been ruled unlawful in a decison that lawyers say will change the way demonstrations and protests are policed. Read more here
Hurrah for the unlovable free press
John Lloyd on the need for an “unlovable press”
Australia’s impotent censors
The Australian government's ignorance about the Internet is impeding attempts to ban online content, says John Ozimek Over the last six months, I have been keeping a close watch on events “down under”. The Australian government has proposed --- to...
Top lawyer fails to gag Private Eye
Lawyers for Michael Napier, former President of the Law Society, have been refused an injunction by The Court of Appeal to stop Private Eye from publishing identifying details of a complaint against him. Read more here
Tamil doctors detained for giving media casualty figures
Three Tamil doctors have been detained in Sri Lanka after they supplied local and international news media with causality figures in Vanni during the last stages of the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Read more here and here
U-turn decision over open Burma trial
In a turn-around decision by Burmese authorities, officials have barred international observers including journalists and diplomants from the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after allowing them to attend. Read more here
World Press Freedom Committee
The World Press Freedom Committee provides leadership in the fight against licensing of journalists, mandatory codes of conduct, mandatory tasks for journalists and other news controls. It was originally created to wage a global struggle in and...
World Association of Newspapers
The World Association of Newspapers groups 76 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper executives in 102 nations, 10 news agencies, and 10 regional press organisations. The organisation represents more than 18,000 publications on the...
World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC)
The World Association of Community Broadcasters is an organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries. Its goal is to support and contribute to the development of community and...
WikiLeaks
Wikileaks seeks to develop an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. It aims to expose oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but also offers assistance to all...