Index on Censorship

Berkman Center for Internet and Society

The Berkman Center was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. It represents a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with...

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Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR)

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights promotes human rights in Bahrain. BCHR encourages and supports individuals and groups to be proactive in the protection of their own and others' rights; and to struggle to promote democracy and human rights.

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Kamila Shamsie: Islam and offence

Kamila Shamsie: Islam and offence

In an extract from her new book in the Manifestos for the 21st Century series, author Kamila Shamsie explores the reasons why Islam has become synonymous with offence There are moments in history when particular words seem to exert a magnetic...

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Yemen media walk out

Yemeni journalists walked out from a press conference in protest on Tuesday after the minister Rashad Al-Alimi failed to overturn a recent suspension of publications and blockade of news websites. The Committee to Project Journalists says the...

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Reporters ‘can cover Burma trial’

Officials in Burma have unexpectedly announced that a group of journalists - five local and five foreign - will be able to cover the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more here. Meanwhile Reporters Without Borders has reported...

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