On Thursday 12 July, British parliamentarians will vote on a government motion on whether to back the creation of a European Union special representative on human rights
Russia's Wikipedia and LiveJournal blacked out today to protest a draft law that would allow websites that promote drugs, suicide or contain contain porn or “extremist” materials to be blacklisted without judicial oversight. Activists fear the...
Today Russia’s Wikipedia and LiveJournal blacked out to protest political plans to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites. Elena Vlasenko reports
The Leveson Inquiry must put press freedom first, says Kirsty Hughes
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A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist" materials. The draft law would allow websites to be blacklisted without judicial oversight --- it merely...
Scientific journal Nature won a libel claim today that has lasted three years. Egyptian scientist Mohamed El Naschie had argued the journal had defamed him in a November 2008 story, which alleged he used his editorial privilege to self-publish...
Tens of people gathered near Moscow's Tagansky Court on Wednesday to protest against the prosecution of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Three activists locked themselves in a cage near the court building and police struggled hard to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“I will be arrested the minute I land in Uzbekistan and then thrown in prison,” an Uzbek human rights activist tells me, “and what happens with me afterwards is a good question.” For his family’s safety, I cannot...
Tens of people gathered near Moscow’s Tagansky Court on Wednesday to protest against the prosecution of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot.
British MPs back Index campaign to protect free speech in Eurovision host state