CATEGORY: Index in the Press

More than 4,000 miles from home in Poland's capital, President Trump couldn't help but needle his favorite target of the week, CNN, using his catch-all derogatory moniker, "fake news." Read the full article

Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bahrain for "broadcasting fake news". Read the full article

Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bahrain for "broadcasting fake news". A court ruled that he had undermined the "prestige" of the kingdom, the state news agency reports. Read the full article

Outspoken comedians took to the stage for a  freedom of expression charity on Tuesday night as one comic joked the move was not entirely altruistic – as he might need it himself one day. Read the full article

Speeches from Lenin, Stalin and Putin echoed from the Calvert 22 gallery in Shoreditch last night. Read the full article

Several independent publishers in the North of England will benefit from a boost in funding from Arts Council England over the next four years after the organisation announced a “significant increase” to investment outside London this morning (27th...

Political and human rights advocates call for the release of Ahmed Mansoor, who has spent 100 days in UAE detention. Read the full article

Qatari-funded media network Al Jazeera has hit back at Arab states' calls for it to be closed down. The demands were an attempt to "silence freedom of expression", it said. Read the full article

Plans for a Counter-Extremism Commission have been announced in the Queen’s Speech, but free speech campaigners called for the Government to pause its plans and consult widely. Read the full article

Margaret Atwood has said she would like to see those who have been killed in the fight to protect free speech honoured, either through a statue or a wall in London's Hyde Park. Read the full article