Pakistan’s move to ban access to a gay website reflects the conservative society’s inability to accept a “larger world view”, activists say, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Pakistan’s gay website ban reflects bigotry
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Paul Conroy: “War journalists must avoid being used as propaganda”
The acclaimed war photographer spoke at the Cheltenham Literature Festival about the changing impact of journalism in conflict. Rachael Jolley reports
Committee to Protect Journalists report gauges the press freedom crisis
It’s nearly impossible to gauge the full impact of harassment of the press. How do you measure the stories that go untold because a journalist felt intimidated? How do you quantify the corruption that won’t be exposed because sources are afraid to talk? When the impact of threats is silence there’s no way to assess what we’re missing, Josh Stearns of Free Press writes
European ruling spells trouble for online comment
A judgment against an Estonian website could severely affect web hosts and commenters, Padraig Reidy reports
Locking up free expression: Azerbaijan silences critical voices
Intimidation, violence and media clampdown – free expression in Azerbaijan is under siege. The country’s record on free expression has undergone a marked deterioration in the run up to its presidential election.
Azerbaijan’s photographers: Facing arrest for capturing the raw truth
In the run up to Azerbaijan’s presidential election, authorities have showed open hostility to journalists, activists, ordinary citizens and artists. Rasul Jafarov and Rebecca Vincent look at some of the country’s courageous photojournalists, who document what life’s really like under President Ilham Aliyev
Putin’s cold calculation on Arctic drilling
Greenpeace prosecutions show the lengths the Russian president will go to to protect his oligarch friends, says Elena Vlasenko
Five things Aliyev doesn’t want you to know about Azerbaijan’s presidential election
Although its government has been working hard to promote a positive image of Azerbaijan abroad, at home, it continues to crack down on citizens’ ability to exercise their basic rights and fundamental freedoms, Rebecca Vincent writes
Obama and Harper — Modes of Support for Fossil Fuel Development
The collision between climate science and energy politics, and threats to freedom of communication, are playing out differently in the United States and Canada, Rick Piltz, founder and director of Climate Science Watch, writes
Ban art that targets far right, says Hungarian ambassador
Exhibition in Austria mocking Hungary’s far right is labelled “racist” by ambassador