Freedom of expression must be at the core of future global development, Milana Knezevic writes
Global development: “A matter of human rights”
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Bahrain’s government strangles opposition with impunity
As Bahrain braces itself for its fourth yearly cycle of revolt, progress looks bleak. The regime continues to target human rights defenders and journalists, Ahmed Ali writes
Europe can lead the fight against surveillance
After Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA, what is the EU doing to ensure our online privacy, asks Padraig Reidy
India: Right to information and privacy ‘two sides of the same coin’
India’s Right To Information act is being challenged by questions of privacy protection, Mahima Kaul reports
What does book banning say about a society and government?
Banning a work of art, a book or a play says more about a society and its temperament than anything else. As free speech and readers mark Banned Books Week, Index on Censorship magazine editor Rachael Jolley looks at Lebanon, where the country’s Censorship Bureau has recently flexed its muscles
Uganda’s government continues to target media
September–a deadly month for Mexican journalists
Four Mexican journalists were killed within a year of each other from 2008 to 2011, each in the month of September
Judy Blume on being banned
As the US marks Banned Books Week, one of the world’s most-read authors reflects on finding her book censored in American schools and libraries
Kofi Awoonor 1935-2013
A poem from the Ghanain writer murdered by Al-Shabab
South Africa’s ruling ANC gunning for “censorship lite”
South Africa’s ANC has changed tack in its campaign to curtail the media. In a turn to what could be called “censorship lite”, the iron fist of state security intervention is being augmented by the velvet glove of calls for “patriotic” journalism. Christi van der Westhuizen reports