English PEN director Jonathan Heawood is looking forward to hearing what Pope Benedict XVI has to say on his visit to Britain
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan: a bleak landscape
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
Iraq inquiry: Campbell propaganda unit wrote early WMD dossier
New evidence points to the spin doctor’s influence on the case for the Iraq war. Chris Ames reports
Azerbaijan: Authorities refuse to investigate attack on journalists
Security guards who attacked two journalists may go unpunished after authorities refused to investigate the case. Elmin Badalov and Anar Gerayly were beaten by a wealthy businessman's private security guards on 28 July. The two newspaper reporters...
PAST EVENT: Banned Books – is censorship by public libraries ever acceptable?
Banned Books – is censorship by public libraries ever acceptable? 15 September, 5.30pm
Frank Kermode: Palaces of memory
Literary critic Frank Kermode died this week at the age of 90. Writing for Index on Censorship in 2001, he discussed memory and biography
Holy Man libel case goes to appeal court
Nightmare on Holy Street, Part 2: His Holiness goes to the Court of Appeal.
Hardeep Singh reports
Rwanda: UK-subsidised media repression
Following Rwanda’s election-related crackdown on the independent media, the UK is finally starting to wise up, says Lars Waldorf
Azerbaijan blacklists 77 newspapers
The Azerbaijan Press Council have published a blacklist of 77 newspapers. They accuse the newspapers of racketeering and publishing articles affecting people's honour. The blacklist, which is available online, lists the founder and editor-in-chief...
Iraq inquiry stuck in a quagmire
The Chilcot investigation may know the truth about the build up to the war, but it is unable to reveal all, says Chris Ames