The chat application LINE has strengthened its censorship methods in mainland China by targeting phrases and word combinations.
Stricter and subtler: how China has ramped up instant messaging censorship
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From drones to floating smartphones: how technology is helping African journalists investigate
Data journalist Raymond Joseph reports on how low-cost technology is helping African newsrooms get hold of information that they couldn’t previously track
Bahrain: Rights activist jailed over tweet is denied bail
The trial of Index award winner Nabeel Rajab has been adjourned until 29 November
Bahrain: Maryam Al-Khawaja urges UK to speak out on human rights violations
Lebanon: Censorship Bureau approves critical play
Censorship body gives green light to latest play from Index award nominee Lucien Bourjeily, despite being featured heavily in the work
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