A group of around 15 unidentified people attacked and killed 24-year old radio and newspaper reporter Uma Singh, in her home in the southeastern district of Dhanusa on 11 Jan. She died of multiple stab wounds to the head and upper body shortly...
Government data retention plans will make life difficult for Britain's investigative journalists, says Bill Thompson The UK government’s decision to press forward with implementation of the European Union directive on data retention by...
'No other profession calls on its practitioners to lay down their lives for their art save the armed forces --- and, in Sri Lanka, journalism.' Read the rest here
Anyone planning to go to the opening at the London School of Economics this week of 'Secret Life', an exhibition drawn from Malu Halasa and Rana Salam's acclaimed book on Syrian lingerie, will be surprised to find that it's not on show: Malu Halasa...
Babu Ramaswamy, an official at the censor board in the South Indian city of Chennai, has announced that film censors shall be paying keen attention to instances of smoking and drinking deemed unnecessary. The board has also suggested that film...
Is the BBC's quest for balance actually distorting its coverage of Israel's military campaign in Gaza? Index on Censorship Chief Executive John Kampfner thinks it might be: 'Language, as any propagandist knows, is the most important tool. Hamas...
Coverage of events in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli media has rarely transcended propaganda, writes Dimi Reider When I was in journalism school, we were taught that truth was the first casualty of any war. But in the current seismic violence in the...
Reports on the murder of editor Lasantha Wickramatunga have been censored by the Sri Lankan authorities to remove criticism of the government. Reports on the BBC and other newscasters, featuring comments from Wickramatunga’s colleagues as well as...
As previously announced, Index on Censorship and English PEN have launched a joint inquiry into libel reform. This week's Economist carries a good round up of libel tourism issues, including this concern: The problem is not just money. Under...
Frustration is growing over Israel's refusal to allow journalists into the Gaza Strip. Padraig Reidy reports The Foreign Press Association in Israel has expressed anger over the Israeli government’s continued refusal to allow foreign journalists...
Lasantha Wickramatunga, editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, was killed after being shot twice in the head on 8 Dec as he drove to work in Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. The attackers are said to have been two gunmen riding motorcycles. The Sunday...
BV Seetaram, chairman and chief editor of Chitra Publications, whose primary publication is the Mangalore-based newspaper Karavali, has been arrested in the district of Udupi, Karnataka. Seetaram’s detention relates to defamation charges filed in...