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Twitter, free speech, injunctions and the Streisand effect
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Press TV could face fine for Bahari prison interview
Iran's state-run English language channel Press TV could face a hefty fine from UK TV regulators after it broadcast a prison interview with jailed journalist Maziar Bahari. Ofcom found that the station had breached Bahari's rights by broadcasting...
Belarus: European Union toughens sanctions
As Belarus’s Central Bank devalues the ruble, the European Union has expanded sanctions and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) invokes human rights mechanism. Mike Harris reports
Uganda: Museveni crackdown shows limits of Twitter revolutions
Breathless narratives do not take full account of African realities, says Nick Young
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