Azerbaijani satirist and government critic Sakit Zakhidov, known by his pen name, Mirza Sakit, was brutally beaten in jail on 18 October, local media activists have told Index on Censorship. Sakit was jailed in June 2008 for allegedly carrying...
The European Arrest Warrant is a valuable tool, writes Chris Huhne, but it should not be used to restrict freedom of expression The case of the odious Dr Frederick Toben is destined to become a cause celebre precisely because such hard cases test...
President Aliyev’s tight grip on the press has severely damaged his country’s democracy, writes Vugar Gojayev Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan has been an increasing source of concern during the last four years, with a sharp rise in violent...
UK ministers have dropped plans that would allow ministers to remove juries and the public from hearings on national security grounds. Read more here
The gravest danger to religious freedom in Russia comes from the Kremlin’s approach to combating extremism, writes Geraldine Fagan of Forum 18 The odd one out in the latest update to Russia’s Federal List of Extremist Materials, announced on 29...
Publisher Gibson Square have confirmed that it has indefinitely suspended publication of The Jewel of Medina. Author Sherry Jones has also cancelled a planned appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair. Read more here
Submissions for bail for Holocaust revisionist Frederick Toben will now not be heard until next week. Toben is currently being held in immigration custody at Wandsworth prison. His solicitor, Kevin Lowry-Mullins, told Index on Censorship that his...
The BBC has been ordered to pay an estimated £500,000 costs to fertility doctor Mohamed Taranissi, who is suing the corporation over the documentary IVF Undercover. The payment relates to the BBC's adoption, and subsequent abandonment, of a...
The extradition hearing of Australian Holocaust revisionist Frederick Toben has been adjourned until 17 October. Toben, who was apprehended at Heathrow airport on Wednesday, under a European Arrest Warrant, will face a bail hearing next Friday, 10...
A UK civil servant is in court today, charged under the Obscene Publications Act, after posting a story describing the kidnap and torture of members of pop group Girls Aloud on a web forum. Read more here