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
Italian state television raises fears for press independence
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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
Storm in a jam jar
The sacking of Moscow’s mayor Yuri Luzhkov this week brings an end to a long-running feud between the Kremlin and Moscow city government, Grigory Pasko watches as a well-known enemy of free speech cries foul
Russia: guarantee to pursue journalist murder cases
Top Russian investigators say they guarantee to pursue 19 cases of murdered journalists presented to them by a delegation from the Committee to...
Uzbekistan: Human rights activist convicted of libel
Human rights campaigner Surat Ikramov was found guilty on libel charges on 28 September for an article he published about the suspicious death of...
Hossein Derakhshan may face death penalty
Following reports this week that Hossein Derakhshan, the “blogfather”, may face the death penalty, his friend Sandrine Murcia writes about why he decided to return to Iran