Censorship body gives green light to latest play from Index award nominee Lucien Bourjeily, despite being featured heavily in the work
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Padraig Reidy: Collective outrage and imagined slights
Padraig Reidy explores when writers are attacked for using their imaginations.
Russia: Justice Ministry seeks to disband Kremlin-critical human rights group
The ministry has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to close the International Memorial Society, Jennifer Janiak reports
Index launches Freedom of Expression awards 2015
Nominations are open for the annual Index awards, which since 2001 have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes
Azerbaijan: Protesters demand end to repression
Powerful pictures show thousands gathering in Baku as crackdown on government critics continues
Azerbaijan: Journalist Arzu Geybulla threatened
Azerbaijani journalist Arzu Geybulla has been the subject of ongoing intimidation via social media
Malala Yousafzai wins Nobel Peace Prize
Index award winner Malala Yousafzai has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize along with Indian children’s campaigner, Kailash Satyarthi.
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab to face trial for expressing opinion
Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab will stand trial on 19 October for allegedly insulting Bahraini government institutions on Twitter.
Padraig Reidy: We all seem to be grieving for newspapers
Put two British journalists in a room and talk will likely turn to the managed decline of the newspaper industry in western Europe and the US. Padraig Reidy will miss the news agents most.
Romania: Audiovisual Council paralysed in middle of election campaign
As Romania heads into its election season, its television and radio regulator languishes. Zoltan Sipos reports on the trouble ahead