International media has restricted access to Bahrain, journalists report. Index on Censorship rounds up comments from the ground
Restricted access for journalists as violence in Bahrain escalates
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Analysis: Index’s experts assess Hillary Clinton’s latest speech on internet freedom
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
Thailand: Court overturns 18 year sentence in free speech case
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 attacked covering anti-government rallies in Yemen
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...
Yemen’s leader hopes brutality will scare protesters
President Saleh is walking a fine line — using violence to disperse peaceful protests works until civilian deaths make international news. Iona Craig reports
Shadow of the fatwa
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
“I am on the people’s side, not the regime’s”
Shahira Amin, the number two at Nile television, explains why she resigned from Egyptian state television
Egypt: Protesters move from euphoria to fury
Anger in Tahir Square as President Mubarak refuses to stand down, Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil reports
Burma: Senior reporter jailed for 13 years
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 leading daily newspaper challenges media law
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...