A day after martial law was declared in the kingdom, Bahraini security forces have carried out a crackdown on protesters camped out at Pearl Square in the capital Manama. Security forces, backed by tanks, drove out the protesters from their camps...
Irwan Abdul Raman, a blogger and editor better known as “Hassan Skodeng”, who was facing a one year prison sentence and a hefty fine for writing a satirical blog, has had the charges against him dropped. He had been accused of publishing online...
The Libel Reform Campaign welcomes the government’s draft defamation bill as a good step in the right direction – but Parliament needs to go further in key areas
Libel reform – a message from Index on Censorship Chair Jonathan Dimbleby
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...
For many journalists and opinion leaders who supported Ergenekon investigations, reporters’ arrests are absurd, says Kaya Genç
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...
The government may claim that media workers are protected, but the reality on Yemen’s streets is very different, says Iona Craig
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...
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
Apple should be part of the open online society, rather than the architects behind a system of control, argues Bill Thompson