Suspects being made to “confess” to crimes live on air, is making even the most influential scared to speak out, writes Alastair Sloan
China: The unsettling and bizarre spectacle of televised confessions
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Burma: The art of transition
The Art of Transition Symposium in Yangon was a significant event in the unfolding drive towards democracy in Burma, providing a public platform to discuss how changing political and social conditions are affecting artistic freedoms.
Greece: Police interrogation of students prompts protests
High school students were asked about their own, their teachers’ and parents’ political leanings, and were threatened with criminal records, writes Christos Syllas
How to spot the difference between a terrorist and a journalist
It can be tough telling innocent hacks from violent insurrectionaries. Index on Censorship is here to help
Life After Leveson: The UK media in 2014
Britain has always had a complicated relationship with the free press. On the one hand, Milton’s Apologia, Mill’s On Liberty, Orwell’s volleys at censorship and propaganda. On the other hand, there is a sense that journalists, editors and...
Brave Azerbaijani journalist’s plea for international support
Khadija Ismayilova tells democratic countries she doesn’t want “private diplomacy”: “I don’t believe in human rights advocacy behind closed doors. People of my country need to know that human rights are supported.”
Egypt: “We are strong and we shall walk free,” declare jailed journalists
The trial of 20 journalists charged with “fabricating news and assisting or belonging to a terror cell” has been adjourned until 5 March. Shahira Amin reports
Brazil: Death of journalist covering protests prompts uproar
The death of Santiago Andrade on 10 February, a cameraman for Brazil’s Bandeirantes Network, from injuries suffered while filming a Rio de Janeiro transport price protest has shocked the country, writes Simone Marques
India: Parliament TV blacks out during debate over controversial bill
For the first time in its history, the lower house of Indian parliament passed a law as important as creating a new state – by reorganising Andhra Pradesh into two states; Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – away from the media glare and the public eye. Mahima Kaul reports
New press regulator would not stop phone hacking, says Index panel
Doughty Street Chambers and Index on Censorship hosted a debate on the state of press freedom in the UK after the Leveson inquiry