In a major speech on internet freedom, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned governments not to restrict online liberty but said she opposed confidential leaks. Index on Censorship consulted the experts for their verdict
An appeals court has overturned an 18-year prison sentence handed out to activist Daranee Charnchoengsilapakul. The activist, better known as Da Torpedo, was charged with insulting the monarchy for speeches she made at anti-government rallies in...
Journalists covering the anti-government protests in Yemen have come under attack from the police and pro-government supporters. Many were physically attacked in the course of covering the protests, while others had their equipment seized or...
President Saleh is walking a fine line — using violence to disperse peaceful protests works until civilian deaths make international news. Iona Craig reports
It is 22 years since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence against the author Salman Rushdie. The author’s critics lost the Satanic Verses battle but won the war against free speech, argues Kenan Malik
Shahira Amin, the number two at Nile television, explains why she resigned from Egyptian state television
Anger in Tahir Square as President Mubarak refuses to stand down, Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil reports
Maung Maung Zeya, a senior photo and video journalist for the Democratic Voice of Burma has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He had led a team of journalists who smuggled video footage out of Burma until he was arrested last April...
Hungary's largest circulation daily newspaper, Nepszabadsag, is challenging the controversial new media law in the country's Constitutional Court. The newspaper's editor-in-chief has brought complaints about 16 areas of the law which, the paper...
Two reporters have received death threats from people believed to be members of pro-Gbago militias, while one was threatened for being pro-Gbago. Madeleine Tanou and Kesy B. Jacobs were approached on separate occasions, accused of being critical of...