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“My body is in England, my mind still in Belarus”
How do you survive as a journalist in a country ranked worse than Iran on press freedom and worse than Zimbabwe on human rights? In the lead up to next month’s Belarusian presidential elections, exiled reporter Olga Birukova talks to Index on Censorship about her experiences as a young journalist
Iran: Arrest warrant for Rafsanjani’s son
An arrest warrant has been issued for the son of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Mehdi Hashemi, whose father is an influential cleric and former president...
Zimbabwe: State broadcaster strips Tsvangirai of title
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) now regularly refers to Morgan Tsvangirai as “the leader of the MDC party” rather than “the Prime...
China: 60,000 porn sites closed in crackdown
Sixty thousand websites deemed to host pornographic content have been shut down by the government since December 2009. The National Office Against...
China: Milk campaigner drops appeal plan
Zhao Lianhai, the father of one of about 300,000 children poisoned by tainted milk in 2008, has dropped his plans to appeal according to his...
Mexico: three charged with attempted murder of a journalist
Three men were charged yesterday with the attempted murder of a journalist, news agency El Universal reported. Two of the men are reported to be...
Russia: Editor of local newspaper shot and wounded
Khusein Shadiyev, editor of Serdalo newspaper (Ingushetia – North Caucasus) has been hospitalised with a gunshot wound on Monday, ITAR-TASS...
Maguindanao Massacre: First anniversary marked by little progress
A year after the Philippines witnessed the mass slaughter of 58 people, including 32 journalists, justice for the victims’ families seems a distant prospect. Harry Roque reports
Paul Chambers to appeal Twitter joke verdict in High Court
Trainee accountant found guilty of sending “menacing” messages over Twitter, is to attempt to appeal his conviction before the High Court