The former editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia has begun a two-year prison sentence for publishing images of women in underwear. Erwin Arnada was...
Indonesia: Playboy editor jailed for “indecency”
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A life in truth
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2010, Liu Xiaobo is treated as a subversive criminal in China, currently serving an 11-year sentence for incitement to subvert state power.
Lauren Davis reports
Mario Vargas Llosa: The obligation of a writer
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel prize in Literature 2010, explains in an article first published in Index on Censorship in 1978 why Latin America’s writers became the most reliable interpreters of political reality
Anna Politkovskaya: Four years on
Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was killed four years ago today. Here we republish her last article for Index on Censorship magazine
Italian state television raises fears for press independence
As pressure mounts on Mauro Masi CEO of Rai TV, Giulio D’Eramo looks at why journalists see the government-owned network as a threat to freedom of expression
Ecuador: Media targeting and censorship amidst police protest
A 12 hour police protest in Ecuador resulted in injury to media members and censorship of both TV and radio stations. Members of police force took...
Letter: Free Hossein Derakhshan
A letter to the head of the Iranian judiciary, from Index on Censorship, PEN Canada, Article 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
The wit and wisdom of Pitkin
The importance of Norman Wisdom to Albanians during the Hoxha period cannot be overestimated, writes Mira Blushi
‘Wilders must be supported’
Geert Wilders goes on trial today: Read
Oliver Kamm‘s argument why his conviction would be disastrous for tolerant, liberal Europe
Read as-it-happened coverage of our Wikileaks event here
Liveblogging and video coverage of Index on Censorship’s debate featuring Julian Assange, David Aaronovitch and Jonathan Dimbleby