Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority today announced it has commissioned a UK-based legal firm to file a defamation case against the Independent newspaper. Nawaf Mohammed Al-Maawda, publications director-general said: "The Independent has...
Rebecca Chao: US funds new censorship-evading technology and tools
Chinese authorities evicted Zeng Jinyan, the wife of imprisoned AIDs and free speech activist Hu Jia, from her home in Shenzhen today. Zeng is also a human rights activist and keeps a blog and twitter account. Authorities are now warning Zeng that...
Rachid Nini, the editor of one of Morocco’s leading newspapers, has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined 100 euros after he was convicted of compromising “the security and integrity of the nation and citizens”. Nini had been held for over...
The British press loves to hate high court judge Sir David Eady for his judgments in privacy cases. He talks to
Joshua Rozenberg about balancing rights
For almost 20 years, artist MF Husain was threatened and his work abused.
Salil Tripathi says goodbye to a controversial and spell-binding master
After police used tear gas and batons to stop a celebrity on hunger strike, what hope is there for non-violent protest in India?
Leo Mirani reports
What should the Tblisi authorities do in response to the police assaults of reporters covering anti-government protests at the end of May? Boyko Boev reports
UK authorities have announced an outright ban on The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence). But how do censors make these decisions? Murray Perkins is a film examiner who classifies hard-core porn. He spoke to Index about what it takes to make the grade
The body of missing Mexican journalist, Noel Lopez Olguin, was found in Veracruz on 1 June. Lopez, a columnist for a small local newspapers, was kidnapped from his home by two gunmen in March. Throughout his career Lopez was critical of local...