A sentence of six months and a suspended sentence of another year in prison were handed down on Tuesday to Gatot Machali, manager of Batam-based Radio Era Baru, who was found guilty of broadcasting without permission and disrupting neighbouring...
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Twitter joke trial appeal set for 10 November
The appeal of Paul Chambers in the "twitter joke trial" is to take place on 10 November. The trainee accountant from Doncaster who was convicted for sending threatening messages after he joked on Twitter that he would blow up Robin Hood Airport if...
DOOM, Deutschland and the violent video game fallacy
Sara Yasin: DOOM, Deutschland and the violent video game fallacy
Libya: Overcoming the challenges
As jubilant Libyans vent their hatred of an autocratic leader who for decades, stifled all forms of free expression and creativity. Shahira Amin asks whether “One Libya” can ever be more than a revolutionary slogan

RBS pulls out of Belarus after Index campaign
RBS is no longer Belarus’s broker — the bank has announced that it will no longer work on behalf of the government of Belarus after an Index on Censorship and
Free Belarus Now campaign

Sudan’s new press laws will threaten free speech
A flawed media law already hampers the work of journalists in Sudan. But now the government is considering introducing even more restrictions.
Abdelgadir Mohamed Abdelgadir reports
We’re too easily offended
The Starkey brouhaha follows a well-trodden path says John Kampfner. Curmudgeonly man says something crass. Somebody gets cross.
Blocking mobile networks to quash protest? Already a reality in the US
Emily Badger: Blocking mobile networks to quash protest? Already a reality in the US

Lukashenko to release political prisoners
Belarus’s president “pardons” nine of 41 political prisoners on 11 August, the same day when US toughened economic sanctions against his regime. Olga Birukova reports
South Korea: Plans to scrap real-name system
South Korea's government will go ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for internet users in the wake of the country's worst online security breach. Last month, personal information including names, mobile phone numbers and email...