This weekend’s stabbing of Rafiq Tagi is a stark reminder of just how risky it can be to write about politics or religion in Azerbaijan. Emin Milli, who was jailed after criticising the government, describes the dangers of speaking out
UPDATE: Index on Censorship is sad to report that Rafiq Tagi died from his wounds in hospital on 23 November
MURDERED 22 NOVEMBER 2006 Raad Jaafar Hamadi, Journalist, "Al Sabah" — Baghdad, Iraq Join us in demanding justice for Raad Jaafar Hamadi who was killed in the east Baghdad neighbourhood of Al-Washash on 22 November 2006. His car was fired on by...
Leah Borromeo says the 2012 games in London could damage free expression in the United Kingdom
MURDERED 21 NOVEMBER 2002 Ram Chander Chaterpatti, Editor, "Poora Sach" — New Delhi, India Join us in demanding justice for Ram Chander Chaterpatti. Chaterpatti, 52, editor of the Hindi-language newspaper Poora Sach, died in a New Delhi hospital of...
MURDERED 20 NOVEMBER 1992 Namik Taranci Reporter, "Gercek" — Diyarbakir, Turkey Join us in demanding justice for Namik Taranci, who worked for the leftist weekly "Gercek", was attacked and killed by at least two armed assailants on a Diyarbakir...
MURDERED 19 NOVEMBER 1997 Eenadu-TV (E-TV) staff — Hyderabad, India Raja Sekhar, assistant; Jagadish Babu, producer; Gangadhara Raju, cameraman; Srinivas Rao, assistant cameraman; S. Krishna, assistant cameraman Join us in demanding justice for...
As debates continue around the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Cynthia M Wong argues that policy makers must look more closely at whether the bill truly supports free expression
MURDERED 18 NOVEMBER 1998 Tara Singh Hayer, Publisher, "Indo-Canadian Times" — Canada Join us in demanding justice for Tara Singh Hayer. Already paralysed from an assassination attempt 10 years earlier, Hayer was shot to death outside his home on...
Hungary’s media regulations have created an atmosphere of tension among journalists. Mike Harris reports from Budapest
MURDERED 17 NOVEMBER 2007 Meher-un-Nisa Khan, Press Freedom Advocate — Mir Ali, Pakistan Join us in demanding justice for Meher-un-Nisa. The wife of slain journalist Hayatullah Khan, Meher-un-Nisa, herself had become an advocate for journalists'...