Spain's national television broadcaster has sacked its director of sports for censoring booing during the national anthem before the national cup final. Read more here
Spanish TV director sacked in booing censorship row
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Index on Censorship
Manic Street Preachers CD sleeve hidden by supermarkets
Supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsburys and Asda, will display the latest Manic Street Preachers album in a plain slipcase after deeming the cover "inappropriate" and potentially offensive to shoppers. Read more here
Saberi leaves Iran but misses premiere at Cannes
US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran, and flown to Austria with her family after being acquitted of espionage charges on Monday. A film on censorship in Iranian music, co-scripted by Saberi and directed by 2006 Index on Censorship...
Matthew Taylor on the BBC and Bowen
Matthew Taylor: “The BBC should be focussing more on its image as a Corporation”
Cuban journalist facing jail for “disrespect”
Dissident independent journalist Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet is facing a jail term after being involved in an argument with a police officer. Du Bouchet was transferred to the Melena 2 prison on 10 May after his arrest on 18 April. Read more here
Saberi ‘had classified document’
A lawyer for US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi says she was convicted of spying for the US partly because she had obtained a classified document, containting a confidential Iranian report on the US war in Iraq - but had not used it. Read more here
‘Smileys’ copyrighted by Russians
Russian telecoms firm Superfon has registered the popular smiley symbol as its world-wide trademark Read more here
Association of Caribbean Media (ACM)
The Association of Caribbean Media Workers is an organisation of journalists and media worker associations spanning the Caribbean Basin.
Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala—Comisión de Libertad de Prensa (APG)
The goals of Asociación de Periodistas de Guatemala—Comisión de Libertad de Prensa are to defend freedom of expression, information, thought, and press in Guatemala. APG also protects the right to inform and to be informed, and defends...
AsiaMedia
AsiaMedia delivers news about all aspects of the media in Asia, including its role in regional and national economies, societies, and political debate. In addition, AsiaMedia publishes commentary by a range of journalists, scholars, and policy...
ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 fights for hostages of censorship, defends dissenting voices that have been muzzled, and campaigns against laws and practices that silence. It monitors, researches, publishes, lobbies, campaigns, sets standards and litigates on behalf of...
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information fights against censorship policies of the governments of the Middle East and North Africa. ANHRI provides an arena where information can be exchanged and archived, available to Arabic readers...