Continuing our series of articles from Index on Censorship's 'Made In China' issue, Rebecca MacKinnon discusses how online pioneers are changing Chinese culture Read article here (pdf)
Countdown to Beijing, part 3
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Speech control
The Burmese authorities are employing new tactics in their control of information, reports Nem Davies In the wake of the saffron revolution and continuing with its policy of 'counter media with media', the junta is now intensifying its...
Arrests in China
Huang Qi was arrested on 10 July for ‘illegal possession of state secrets’. He posted articles criticising the way relief was organised after the 12 May earthquake in Sichuan. ‘Few citizens trust the government because of the corruptions scandals...
Threat to Mexican journalists
The alliance between drug traffickers and the Mexican government poses the greatest threat to journalists, the Special Commission for Monitoring Attacks against Journalists has announced. The president of the commission, Gerardo Priego Tapia,...
Countdown to Beijing part 2
In the run up to the Olympics, Indexoncensorship.org is publishing a selection of pieces from the current issue of the magazine:Made in China. Yan Lianke, China's leading, satirical novelist, writes exclusively for Index about the impact of...
Cameraman held without charge in Baghdad
A US military board last week ordered that Ahmed Raziak, a 38-year-old cameraman, be held for at least six more months for ‘imperative reasons of security’, but declined to disclose any specific allegations against him or provide any evidence as to...
Life on the frontline
Reporting from Pakistan’s tribal areas is getting more and more hazardous, says Haq Nawaz Khan Free, fair and fearless reporting for Pakistani journalists living in the war-ravaged tribal areas bordering Afghanistan is almost an impossible task....
Egin: 10 years on
The Basque daily was closed down 10 years ago today, signalling the beginning of the Spanish government’s repression of left-wing nationalist media, writes Angelo Miotto It was called Egin, which in Basque means to do, to act. A daily paper...
Senators table new libel protection law
Independent Democratic senator Joe Lieberman and Republican senator Arlen Specter have introduced a new bill to the Senate that seeks to protect US authors from UK libel judgments. The Freedom of Speech Protection Act follows on the heels of New...
Countdown to Beijing
In the lead up to the Olympic Games in China, Indexoncensorship.org will be publishing articles from our journal. This week, an interview with Ai Weiwei, the artistic genius behind Beijing's 'bird's nest' stadium. Read Ai Weiwei interview here...
TV station closed in West Bank
Afaq TV, a Palestinian commercial TV station based in Nablus, was closed by Israeli soldiers yesterday for one year on the grounds that it was ‘terrorist’ media. 'We are an independent media and, regardless of what the Israeli military says, we...
Burmese blogger faces up to seven years in prison
Imprisoned Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latte is facing the possibility of a seven-year jail sentence after new charges were brought against him on 7 July. The new charges fall under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, which sanctions any attempt to...