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Should press be gagged when reporting parliament?
The position of the media reporting parliamentary injunction breaches is “astonishingly unclear” says Lord Neuberger. Judith Townend reports
Report: Superinjunctions, anonymised injunctions and open justice
Index on Censorship responds to judges’ report on superinjunctions
Art Troitsky’s only crimes are humour and irreverence
John Kampfner writes about his friend Art Troitsky who faces prison for calling “pro-Kremlin” star a poodle
The dangers of satire
Russian rock journalist Art Troitsky’s caustic tongue has landed him in court in four separate libel cases. Emily Butselaar reports
John Kampfner: Art Troitsky’s only crimes are humour and irreverence
Belarus: Irina Khalip sentenced to two years
Journalist Irina Khalip has been given a two-year suspended sentence for participation in “mass disturbance” after December’s disputed Belarusian presidential elections.
Novaya Gazeta correspondent Khalip, 43, is married to presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, who was sentenced to five years in a labour camp on Saturday (14 May). The couple have a four-year-old son, Danil.
Belarus: Former presidential candidate jailed
Opposition leader Andrei Sannikov has been sentenced to five years’ labour by a Minsk court in Lukashenko crackdown
“Freedom to express yourself is what it means to be an artist”
Artist Ai Weiwei has been missing for 40 days, Leah Borromeo reports from the opening of his new show
Tate Modern director Chris Dercon introduces Ai Weiwei’s work
Ai Weiwei show opens in London
An extract from a speech by Tate Modern director Chris Dercon at the opening of a new show by imprisoned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Somerset House, London
Five former presidential candidates now on trial in Belarus
As politicians and journalists face trial for mass street protests, Olga Birukova explains the climate of fear and intimidation journalists face