Edinburgh Fringe Festival organisers have been accused of censorship. Sound recordist Colin Macnab has complained that his right to carry out interviews was under threat. Macnab claimed that he had been prevented from initiating interviews on the...
Dutch news cameraman Stan Storimans was killed by Russian bombing in the city of Gori, central Georgia on 12 August. Another Georgian journalist, and his driver, were killed by Russian shells in Gori's main square in the same offensive, bringing...
An Arab-Israeli publisher has been ordered to stop importing Arabic-language books from Syria and Lebanon. Salah Abassi gave an interview to Israeli public radio on 11 August in which he stated that the Trade and Industry Ministry had ‘warned’ him...
Government Minister Mervyn Silva coordinated a protest against the Sirasa television station in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 11 August. The station has been known to frequently concentrate on the minister’s attacks on the media and many feel that it is...
Georgian journalists Grigol Chikhladze and Alexander Klimchuk were shot dead on Sunday by pro-independence fighters in South Ossetia. They had been traveling with Teimuraz Kikuradze and US journalist Winston Federley when they came across a road...
The ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize has been launched to recognise artists who use their talents to promote creative freedom, empathy, understanding and to confront discrimination and oppression. This unique and significant creative award...
The open call for artists & filmmakers closed on 1 July 2008. We received applications from artists & filmmakers from 30 countries, and we thank all organisations and persons who have assisted us in distributing our open call around the world. We...
Islam Karimov’s government keeps tight control on the country’s religious communities, writes Felix Corley The police raid on Nazira Rahmanova’s home in Margilan, Uzbekistan, on the evening of 12 March followed the all-too-familiar pattern. The...
Radio Mindanao Network talk show host Dennis Cuesta was critically wounded by a gunman on 5 August 2008. Cuesta's surgeon said the broadcaster remains in critical condition at the hospital's intensive care unit. Police hinted that the attack on the...
Index on Censorship is delighted to announce that John Kampfner has been appointed chief executive. Former editor of the New Statesman, Kampfner is a prolific author and commentator. Jonathan Dimbleby, chairman of Index on Censorship, said: 'As a...
The popular video-sharing website Dailymotion has been blocked in Turkey. This is the second instance of a video-sharing website being made inaccessible by the Turkish authorities in three months. YouTube was blocked on 5 may 2008 on the grounds it...
Continuing our series of articles from Index on Censorship’s ‘Made In China’ issue, Internet pioneer Isaac Mao explains why freedom of thought is what China needs most. Read here (pdf)