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Shooting the messenger
Argentina has found an effective way of stifling independent inflation data — fining economists who question the official government statistics. Ed Stocker reports
Life After Wikileaks
Recap last night’s panel, PJ Crowley, who resigned as US State Department spokesman over the treatment of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange’s attorney Mark Stephens, investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov, Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism Emily Bell and Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen debated the fallout from WikiLeaks for freedom of speech, national security and the media
Death on film
After an inquest finding that Ian Tomlinson was unlawfully killed, solicitors Sarah McSherry and Louise Christian examine the barriers to justice in cases involving the police
Illegal tactics
Last month, the high court ruled that the Metropolitan police broke the law when they kettled protesters at the G20 demonstrations in 2009. Josh Moos, one of the activists involved in the landmark case, considers the lessons to be learnt
Bahrain: Four protestors sentenced to death
Yesterday (27 April) a Bahraini military court has sentenced four protestors to death and a further three to life in prison. The seven people were convicted of killing two policemen during protests in the country last month. While the foreign press...
Azerbaijan’s Facebook dissident
Elnur Majidli, a Strasbourg-based blogger and internet activist has been threatened with a 12 year jail sentence for “inciting hatred”. Index on Censorship’s Mike Harris met Elnur at the Council of Europe as part of Index on Censorship and the International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan’s lobbying efforts
Index on Censorship to join the Global Network Initiative
Index is pleased to announce it is to join the Global Network Initiative, the multi-stakeholder organisation created to protect and advance free speech and privacy
Sri Lanka: Journalist arrested for defaming court
Police on Monday (25 April) arrested a journalist working for the independent website, Lanka eNews. Shantha Wijeysooria was arrested at the website’s offices in Colombo for alleged contempt of court. The charges relate to an April 19 article which...
Pakistani reporter in critical condition after shooting
A Pakistani journalist who worked for a local news channel was shot twice on 19 April. Naveed Kamal, 26, was attacked by two unidentified men when coming home from the offices of Metro One TV. Kamal is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of a...