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Brazilian police recapture journalist’s killer
Sao Paolo police have recaptured Wilson de Moraes da Silva, who was convicted of the murder of journalist Ivandel Godinho Junior. The reporter was kidnapped in 2003, and killed three days later. Silva had served three years of his 36 year sentence...
Arrest of Turkish reporters raises doubts over Ergenekon case
For many journalists and opinion leaders who supported Ergenekon investigations, reporters’ arrests are absurd, says Kaya Genç
Guardian reporter held by Libyan authorities
Libyan officials have confirmed that award-winning Guardian correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is in their custody after he went missing while reporting from the country. The foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli said that Libyan authorities were...
Yemen: Journalists at risk as protests spread
The government may claim that media workers are protected, but the reality on Yemen’s streets is very different, says Iona Craig
Belarus prisoners’ families launch legal action against Lukashenko
The families of political prisoners detained in Belarus after the 19 December election have instructed a London law firm to launch civil proceedings against the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. This is the first time that a serving...
History lessons: Islam’s tradition of debate
London Imam Usama Hasan has been caught up in a storm of religious controversy over his views. In an article from the Index archive, he argues that Islam traditionally embraces debate
Freedom sacrificed for an easy life, in Apple’s Brave New World
Apple should be part of the open online society, rather than the architects behind a system of control, argues Bill Thompson
Belarus: British actors put on blacklist
Influential US and British actors and musicians including Oscar winners Kevin Spacey and Kelvin Kline, the Pet Shop Boys, Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Tom Stoppard and Samuel West, have been put on a “blacklist” of artists banned...
Post-traumatic libel syndrome
His three-year defamation battle may be over, but Hardeep Singh still faces an uphill battle to recover his costs