Sara Yasin looks at some disturbing cases of censorship in the name of religious offence
Five bizarre blasphemy cases
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Julian Assange granted political asylum in Ecuador
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum in Ecuador. The Australian national, who has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for two months after breaching his bail conditions in the UK, is wanted in Sweden, where...
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab sentenced to three years in prison
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing of human rights defender and Index award winner Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison
India’s face-off with Internet freedom
The world’s largest democracy is all too willing to censor the web, says Marta Cooper
“Welcome to Myanmar, Mr BBC”
In 2007, Fergal Keane reported for Index on the near impossibility of working as a reporter in Burma. Returning in 2012, he found much had changed. But though the military is slowly loosening its grip, restrictions remain
We need to talk about Islam
Fearing extremists reacting violently to the publication of books deemed to be offensive to Islam, many publishers have thought twice about what they release about the religion. Alom Shaha says it’s time to discuss faith properly
Communications Data Bill: Technology is making dystopia not just possible, but cheap
The boom in surveillance technology sales is chilling free speech. We need to wake up to this reality, says Mike Harris
Belarusians can’t protest to support jailed Nobel prize nominee, but you can
One year after heroic human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was arrested and jailed on politically-motivated charges, Index asks you to take action in solidarity
Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy
With the opening of the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow this week, Elena Vlasenko explains why the feminist punk collective is a threat to the church-state axis of Putin’s Russia
Pussy Riot versus the Religarchy
With the opening of the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow this week, Elena Vlasenko explains why the feminist punk collective is a threat to the church-state axis of Putin’s Russia