Belfast’s Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle is one of those things that makes a soft Southern Irish atheist Catholic like me think I’ll never truly understand Northern Ireland.
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Lebanon: General security return passport to critical writer
Lucien Bourjeily told “you know what you did” when general security confiscated his passport
Hush — slander is a criminal offence in India
In India, folks with brittle egos and skeletons stacked up in their closets, can and will wield the law to clam your mouth shut, and even have you put in jail, writes Saurav Datta.
Perfection as the enemy of the good: Weakening surveillance reform
The US Congress has made it clear by passing the USA Freedom Act that compromise is one way of doing nothing, a form of sanctified inertia. Binoy Kampmark writes
International exhibition censored by Turkish Embassy in Madrid
Last year, censorship occurred in connection with Here Together Now, an exhibition held at Matadero Madrid, Spain. Pelin Basaran and Banu Karaca report on the Turkish embassy’s involvement
EU project to explore media freedom and pluralism
Media freedom has always been on European Union’s agenda. With funding from the EU, four organisations, including Index on Censorship, will tackle problems currently facing journalists and media personnel across Europe. Alice Kirkland reports
Ukraine: Poroshenko win a sign of national unity but not a final remedy
Ukrainians have a long way to go to ensure the Maidan protests change more than just the name of the president and faces of the governmental officials, writes Andrei Aliaksandrau
Singapore: Blogger removes posts under threat from prime minister
A Singaporean blogger has had to take down another four blog posts and a YouTube video after receiving another letter from the lawyer of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Kirsten Han reports
Egypt: Media presents election as forgone conclusion
In the weeks leading up to the vote, Egyptian media had reverted to Mubarak-era policies, persistently lionising El Sisi and the military while demonising his opponents. Shahira Amin reports
India’s Supreme Court breaks police stranglehold on theatre
Dramatic performances cannot be policed and subjected to pre-censorship, writes Saurav Datta