French investigative journalist Jean-Paul Ney, has been bailed from prison in the Ivory Coast after 16 months without trial. Read more here
Ivory Coast frees French reporter
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Index on Censorship
BCA v Simon Singh preliminary hearing opens
Simon Singh libel hearing begins
Index on Censorship wins ‘torture secret’ legal battle
Media organisations including Index on Censorship won a major victory on Wednesday night as UK judges agreed to reconsider a ruling to keep information about the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed. The media groups claim that...
Suzanne Breen: give them absolutely nothing
Police threats to use anti-terror powers, forcing Irish reporter Suzanne Breen to hand over materials relating to dissident republican groups are an affront to journalistic ethics and free expression, says Anthony McIntyre On Monday of last week a...
Ian Hislop: 'Privacy is the new libel'
Katriona Lewis on privacy and libel
Index on Censorship on Five Live
Padraig Reidy on the “least wanted”
US ‘banned list’ DJ to sue Britain
US radio talk show host Michael Savage has said he will sue the British government for defamation after being placed on a Home Office list of people banned from entering the UK. Read more here
Roxana Saberi ends two-week hunger strike
Jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has ended a two-week hunger strike, according to her father. Read more here
Burma named worst place in world for bloggers
A report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists has named Burma, Iran and Syria amongst the worst countries for bloggers. Read more here
This ‘banned list’ has no place in UK law
To stop people entering Britain because of what they may say while here is based on the concept of pre-emptive sanction says Padraig Reidy Dyab Abou Jahjah, a founder of the Arab European League, came to London from Belgium at the end of March to...
UK ‘least wanted’ list published
The Home Office has released a list of sixteen people banned from entering the UK for their extremist views. The list includies Islamists, white supremacists and a right-wing US talk show host. Read more here
I know it when I see it
Anthony Julius and Julian Petley: a discussion on art, obscenity and the law---Read exclusively free here! John Ozimek: the technology revolution is redefining the boundaries Tony Bennett: comic books are not just for kids Julian Petley on the...