The Home Office has released a list of sixteen people banned from entering the UK for their extremist views. The list includies Islamists, white supremacists and a right-wing US talk show host. Read more here
Index on Censorship has learned that government lawyers are attempting to submit secret evidence on the treatment of former Guantanamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed, as the Foreign Office continues to attempt to prevent the release of potentially damning information about his detention.
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's first female poet laureate. Read more here
Clearcast, the company that regulates television advertising on behalf of Ofcom, has requested that violent scenes be removed from an anti-domestic violence advert featuring actress Keira Knightley. Read more here
The British government has said it will not now go ahead with plans to create a cenrtal communications database. Read more here
Zubeida Mustafa examines the Pakistani media's response to the arrests of eleven Pakistani students now facing deportation from the UK At a time when the media in Pakistan has its hands full with a heated controversy raging on the government’s...
The UK's Information Commissioner has said there will be no move to censor Google Street View, despite admitting it carries a small risk of privacy invasion. Read more here
In a stirring and provocative speech at the Freedom of Expression awards, Sir David Hare presented a challenge for Index on Censorship, and all free speech advocates Everyone's in favour of freedom of speech, aren't they? All right, to my shame I...
News that anti-terror officers trawled Damian Green MP’s personal emails for information, including details of Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, has further highlighted the government's worrying attitude to civil liberties, says Chris Huhne MP...
Conservative MP Damian Green and civil servant Christopher Galley will not face charges relating to leaks of government documents after Director of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer QC found that the leaks did not endanger security. Read more here