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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Campaign success: Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas stop selling government bonds to Belarus
Two more foreign banks halt cooperation with Belarus after German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Index and Free Belarus Now that she would intervene to stop Deutsche Bank from selling government bonds to Europe’s last dictatorship.
Ukraine: Reporter critical after being shot in the head
A Ukrainian investigative journalist is a critical condition after being shot in the head. Oleksander Vlaschenk0 who works for Nashe Misto, a local newspaper, was hit as he returned to his home in Mykolayiv on 16 October. Two mobile phones and...
Turkish man could face two-year prison sentence for Facebook comments
A Turkish man could face two years in prison for comments made about Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan on his Facebook page. A public prosecutor in Ankara is calling for the man’s imprisonment based on insulting Erdogan, along with some of his cabinet...
Russia: VOINA artist arrested, detained without charge
Members of the Russian artist group VOINA were arrested yesterday. Russian police, allegedly posing as German television journalists, arrested and detained Natalia Sokol along with her two-year-old son overnight at a police station in Moscow....
UK: Twitter vows to protect users from government
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has stressed the need to keep freedom of speech as a priority, even in times of civil unrest. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Monday, Costolo stood by the decision not to suspend the service or reveal...
Libel reform: a final push
As Parliament takes a significant step in its slow removal of the UK’s pariah status on defamation, John Kampfner describes the progress on libel reform
Libel reform campaign responds to parliamentary committee findings
Libel reform campaign responds to parliamentary committee findings
The Libel Reform Campaign is calling for the government to honour manifesto promises for a defamation bill with a strong public interest defence to protect authors, bloggers, scientists, academics and NGOs
Azerbaijan at 20: Little progress on free speech
As Azerbaijan celebrates 20 years of independence, Index on Censorship tracks its citizens’ struggle for free expression
Web filtering: Keeping it clean?
David Cameron has announced plans to block access to pornography online, with providers offering the choice to turn on a filter.
Seth Finkelstein examines how indiscriminate blocking systems censor not just pornography, but feminist, gay rights and education material