Khamovnichesky court in Moscow has prolonged the detention of three Pussy Riot members until 12 January.
Pussy Riot held as lawyers prepare to call Putin to court
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The curious case of Belarus’s bears that weren’t there
A young Belarusian journalist has been arrested and detained – for taking photographs of teddy bears that the government denies even exist.
Andrei Aliaksandru reports
London 2012: Spy games
With the colossal security apparatus in place for the London Olympics, due to begin next week, Katitza Rodriguez and Rebecca Bowe look at how intense surveillance can threaten privacy long after the games are over
Locog: the ultimate bad sport
Natalie Haynes gets to grips with the rules and regulations policing the brand of the London Games
Azerbaijan after Eurovision
As the Eurovision Song Contest fades from memory, Azerbaijan has stepped up its attacks on journalists. Blogger Emil Baghirov reports on the dire state of press freedom in the Caucasus nation
Russia: Court censors LiveJournal
A court in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, has blocked [Ru] popular blogging platform LiveJournal after one page was accused of publishing "extremist" material. The ban, which will affect an estimated 60,000 Livejournal account holders in the region, and...
Freedom of the Press, Governance and Press Standards: Key Challenges for the Leveson Inquiry
Freedom of the Press, Governance and Press Standards: Key Challenges for the Leveson Inquiry
The Kremlin makes its move on Facebook
Russian parliamentarians have passed legislation that will establish a central register of banned websites. The new laws are ostensibly designed for child protection, but Andrei Soldatov says the real aim is to take control over the country’s burgeoning social networks
READ: INDEX ON CENSORSHIP CONDEMNS RUSSIAN INTERNET BLACKLIST PLAN
American agriculture’s great cover-up
US lawmakers have introduced measures limiting documentation of abuses within the agricultural industry. Jeanne Firth explains how “ag-gag laws” have been used to silence activists
Index condemns Russian internet blacklist plan
Russia's Wikipedia and LiveJournal blacked out today to protest a draft law that would allow websites that promote drugs, suicide or contain contain porn or “extremist” materials to be blacklisted without judicial oversight. Activists fear the...