Journalists investigating terrorism may find their research of interest to more than their readers. Index reports on a threat to press freedom The head of MI5 once described journalist Shiv Malik's work as "essential reading". The police clearly...
Controversial short film Fitna has been removed from video-hosting site LiveLeak after threats were made against staff. Meanwhile, the Iranian government has summoned the Dutch ambassador in order to register protest against the film. Dutch Foreign...
Is Chechnya’s President Kadyrov welcome in the country’s journalists’ union or not, asks Anna Sevortian On the 5 March Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, was inducted into the Union of Journalists of Chechnya, which is part of the Russian...
Dutch MP Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film Fitna on the Internet. The film, a polemic against the 'Islamicisation' of Europe made up of clips of bombings and speeches from imams and politicians, has been the subject of huge...
As President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Britain, Natasha Lehrer looks at the changing relationship between France’s political elite and the media In a radical break with French tradition, the amorous antics of the country’s President have lately become...
The winners of Index’s 2008 Freedom of Expression Awards announced
Our special report explores how Russia remains one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, as well as how national television is in the pocket of the Kremlin and news coverage is dominated by propaganda.
Proponents of a ban on 'extreme pornography' are looking increasingly desperate in their attempts to push their plan through Parliament, writes Julian Petley Faced with a rising tide of opposition in the Lords, the government dropped yet more parts...
The House of Lords last night approved amendments to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would abolish the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel in England and Wales. The last successful prosecution under the law happened in 1977,...
Index on Censorship: I know it when I see it From Ulysses to Last Exit to Brooklyn, obscenity trials are a benchmark for the limits of cultural tolerance. As the first prosecution of the written word in more than 30 years takes place in the UK,...
At least eight people were killed and dozens more were injured in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Saturday following clashes between authorities and protestors gathered in support of the defeated presidential candidate, Levon Ter-Petrosian. The...
The murder of Shahab Al-Tamimi highlights the difficulties faced by Iraqis trying to build a free press and civil society, say Dave Anderson and Gary Kent Are we becoming inured to the murders of journalists and civil society leaders in Iraq? The...