Facebook, Yahoo!, AOL (UK), Mumsnet and the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) have written an open letter to the Prime Minister David Cameron calling for urgent reform of our libel laws.
This morning Baku's Appeal Court ordered the release of blogger Adnan Hajizade, he had served half of his two-year sentence on controversial charges of hooliganism. His co-defendent, blogger, Emin Abdullayev – known as Milli, remains in prison...
Take that star Howard Donald has seen a super-injunction against an ex-girlfriend lifted. Is this another nail in the coffin for these restrictive measures, asks Mark Lewis
Google and the Information Commissioner’s Office have displayed contempt for privacy — and free speech will suffer as a result, says Alex Deane of Big Brother Watch
Ahead of a key poll, Azerbaijani journalists join jailed editor Eynulla Fatullayev on hunger strike. Vugar Gojayev
Read our new report Azerbaijan: Free expression under attack
Azerbaijan report launch Free expression under attack. 28 October. Free Word Centre, London
Observers including Index on Censorship’s Natasha Schmidt report on the country’s deteriorating media environment
Liveblogging and video coverage of Index on Censorship’s debate featuring Julian Assange, David Aaronovitch and Jonathan Dimbleby
English PEN director Jonathan Heawood is looking forward to hearing what Pope Benedict XVI has to say on his visit to Britain
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku