Independent writer Johann Hari's article on religion has sparked riots in Kolkata, after it was reprinted in English-language publication the Statesman. Here, Hari explains why he remains defiant.
Dutch MP Geert Wilders is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to enter the UK despite a Home Office ban. Read more here
Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been told he will be refused entry to Britain to attend a screening of his film Fitna, has been allowed to board his flight from the Netherlands. Read more here
Early Wednesday morning, blogger and activist Philip Rizk, who was detained after he participated in public demonstrations in support of Gaza last Friday, was released and driven home without having been charged. The Egyptian government has not...
In February 1989, five months after the publication of The Satanic Verses, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against its author Salman Rushdie. It is often seen as a pivotal moment in shaping the landscape of contemporary Western society. So, 20...
Martin Rowson's cartoon for the New Humanist blog says it all.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a refugee from Thailand's lèse majesté laws. He spoke to Index on Censorship about the government and military's campaign against dissent Academic and journalist Giles Ji Ungpakorn fled Thailand last Friday, shortly before he...
German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizk was detained north of Cairo following a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the author of popular blog Tabula Gaza was bundled into a white van with no licence plates, which then sped...
Editor Khin Maung Aye and reporter Manaw Tun of Rangoon-based weekly journal News Watch have been acquitted, after being detained for over two months in the notorious Insein Prison. Both had been charged in early November for insulting the court...
Giles Ji Ungpakorn, who was charged with lèse majesté in January, fled Thailand for Britain over the weekend. The charges against Bangkok-based professor, who holds joint British and Thai nationality, relate to his publication A Coup for the Rich,...
A new book attempts to cast the crisis in civil liberties as a left/right issue. But ultimately it is the timid, compliant climate of UK politics that is to blame, says John Kampfner The 12 years of New Labour have seen an erosion of civil...
Index on Censorship news editor Padraig Reidy was a guest on BBC Radio Five Live’s Breakfast show this morning, discussing the banning of Geert Wilders (right) from Britain, and its ramifications for free expression.