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British man faces jail under homophobic Ugandan law
Tomorrow theatre producer David Cecil will go back to court — he could spend two years in a Ugandan jail for staging a play about homosexuality
INDEX INTERVIEW: ‘I’ve never published a correction or apology’
Miren Gutierrez interviews DAVID MARCHANT, publisher of OffshoreAlert
Mexican press: Self preservation becomes self censorship
In Mexico drug cartels continue to dictate news agenda — fear of retaliation influences news outlets’ decisions on what to publish. Ana Arana and Daniela Guazo reveal the results of a new study that exposes the depth to which the public are kept in the dark
US artwork that angered energy industry pulled — could it happen here?
In the US a controversial climate change sculpture was removed after it upset energy donors. Kevin Smith asks whether corporate sponsorship by companies like BP has an affect on UK artistic freedom
Christian demoted for anti-gay marriage Facebook post wins employment case
A Christian man who was demoted after making posts opposing gay marriage on Facebook won in an employment case against his employers today. Adrian Smith, an employee of Manchester's Trafford Housing Trust, lost his managerial position and received...
India: Blasphemy backlash
India’s most prominent rationalist faces up to three years in prison after Catholic groups brought blasphemy charges against him. They may get more than they bargained for, says Caspar Melville
BBC stumbles, but will it fall?
Will a new Director General be enough to save the BBC asks Index’s Kirsty Hughes
Google report says government surveillance is on the rise
Google's new transparency report reveals government requests for user data and takedowns are on the increase Today the search giant updated its bi-annual report with requests from January to June 2012. In a blog accompanying the report a Google...
Does Keir Starmer see the problem with poppy burners?
A panel discussion in London yesterday did not offer much hope that prosecutors and politicians will defend free speech online.
Paul Bernal reports