Columnist AA Gill has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over his "dyke with a bike" comment in reference to the BBC's Clare Balding. The TV presenter complained to the PCC after the phrase appeared in the Sunday Times earlier...
English PEN director Jonathan Heawood is looking forward to hearing what Pope Benedict XVI has to say on his visit to Britain
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
The Foreign Secretary announced this morning the launch of a new independent advisory group on human rights. Promising to turn rhetoric into "accountability and lasting change", Hague said he will convene regular meetings with NGOs and independent...
Two documentary-makers were arrested and detained after filming at Donald Trump's golf resort near Aberdeen. Anthony Baxter and Richard Phinney were investigating complaints about building works on the site when Trump's organisation accused them of...
Zimbabwe's government has banned South African group Freshlyground over a music video that portrays President Mugabe as a chicken afraid to relinquish power. The video that accompanies the song "Chicken To Change" represents the president in the...
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood explains why the band released their last album direct to their fans
Freedom of expression is alive and kicking in the Special Administrative Region. Priyanka Boghani reports
The Belarusian authorities have said that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) will be granted access to the investigation into the death of Aleh Byabenin (Oleg Bebenin).
In the new issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Daniel Barenboim tells Clemency Burton-Hill why music provides a model for living and governments continue to fear the power of its influence