A publisher has been sentenced to five months in prison for ‘insulting the Turkish Republic’. Index on Censorship reports A Turkish publisher has become the latest victim of the notorious article 301, which makes it a crime to ‘insult the Turkish...
Russian investigators have charged four people in connection with the murder of Novaya Gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya's Novaya Gazeta colleagues say they remain sceptical that the investigation will discover who ordered the...
Today's ruling may help to fend off 'fishing expeditions', writes Padraig Reidy A London court today ruled that the production order served on journalist Shiv Malik was ‘too wide’ in its scope. Malik, who was written extensively on UK jihadists and...
Index on Censorship magazine was awarded the Amnesty International Media Award for best periodical at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. The award was given for a series of articles from the issue 'How Free is the Russian Media?'. Presenting the...
Javier García, anchor journalist for the Caracas-based television station Radio Caracas Television Internacional (RCTV), was found dead in his Caracas apartment on Sunday. Read more here
Samina Malik, who was given a two-year suspended sentence for possession of materials likely to be of use to a terrorist, has had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal. Read more here
As China recovers from the devastating earthquake, can it still meet its Olympic challenge of harmony and openness? Despite the crackdown on dissent in the run-up to the games, there are bold and outspoken voices that find a way to get heard. In this special issue, artists, writers, bloggers and journalists map the boundaries of free expression, reveal the cost of breaking taboos and find the cracks in the Great Firewall.
Four journalists who were jailed for alleged violations to the national security of the Burundi have been acquitted by the appeals court of Bujumbura. The journalists are Domitile Kiramvu and Serge Nibizi of the RPA (African Public Radio), Mathias...
Online criticism of politicians is not tolerated in Singapore, writes David Jardine Singapore, long known for what is sometimes described as ‘soft authoritarianism’ is a dangerous place in which to post dissident blogs. The latest person to...
The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes Julian Petley Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all...
Ninez Cacho–Olivares of the Daily Tribune has been sentenced to at least six months imprisonment after allegedly libelling a prominent lawyer in the Philippines. The charges related to a 2003 article that included purported transcripts of...
Abdul Karim al Khaiwani, former editor of now blocked website al-Shora.net, has been sentenced to six years in jail for distributing publications allegedly calling for solidarity with Houthi rebels in the south of the country. Mr al Khaiwani had...