Index on Censorship has learned that law firm Carter-Ruck has backed down in an attempt to stop media from reporting on a parliamentary question concerning a previous injunction. The gag had caused outrage on the Internet, with many Twitter users defying the injunction to post information on the case.
Solicitors Carter-Ruck have successfully barred the Guardian newspaper from reporting a parliamentary question about an earlier injunction on reporting about a client's activities. The Guardian has pledged to fight the injunction, with editor Alan...
An inquiry has found that the arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green, after government documents were leaked to his office by civil servant Christopher Galley, was "not proportionate". Read more here
The sentencing ot two young rappers for posting a threatening song on YouTube sets a dangerous precedent, says Brendan O’Neill
Index on Censorship‘s challenge today at the UK Supreme Court leads to a preliminary victory.
Were police right to warn Tate Modern about displaying a naked image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, asks
John Ozimek
On a visit to Iraq, Gordon Brown said he asked the cabinet secretary to make two major changes in the way intelligence is used. But when Chris Ames investigated the story, he discovered that Brown had done no such thing.
The trial of Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, the two Azerbaijani bloggers facing charges of “hooliganism” and “deliberate physical violence”, resumed yesterday.
Calls to ban the far-right BNP from the BBC’s Question Time can only harm democracy, says Salil Tripathi
Christopher Graham says his office has been “let down by MPs”. Index on Censorship reports