The establishment of an independent press council may help protect journalists and Internet activists like Raja Petra Kamaruddin, writes Daniel Chandranayagam Tan is a young Malaysian, newly employed in the private sector. Like many Malaysians his...
New laws on digital media in Thailand may strengthen the nation’s lese-majesty laws, writes David Jardine Swingeing new controls on the use of the Internet have just been introduced in Thailand. In what is claimed to be an effort to curtail cyber...
Freedom of assembly is under threat in Kyrgystan after President Kurmanbek Bakiev signed an amended law on the rights of citizens on 6 August. The amendment makes it mandatory to register public gatherings twelve days in advance, and prohibits...
As the Games begin in Beijing, Index publishes a roundup of arrests, detentions and surveillance since January –-- a reminder that China has yet to meet its Olympic challenge of harmony and openness. JANUARY 24 January: Four journalists with German...
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)
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)
Najam Sethi, chief editor of Pakistan's Daily Times, received death threats from militant group the Islamic Taliban Movement for publishing a cartoon in one of the paper’s sister publications, Aaj Kal. The cartoon depicted the leader of a radical...
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...
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...
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...