Classified ad site Craigslist has closed its "Adult Services" section, after a campaign by 17 states to have it removed. Attorneys general from Montana to Virginia wrote a letter to Craigslist chief executive Jim Buckmaster last month, urging him...
Index on Censorship is deeply concerned by the suspected suicide of one of Belarus’s leading human rights activists, Aleh Byabenin. Byabenin was found dead in his country house on the outskirts of Minsk yesterday (Friday 3 September) at 5.30pm local time by a family friend. No suicide note was found
New evidence points to the spin doctor’s influence on the case for the Iraq war. Chris Ames reports
Smartphone message monitoring may be necessary for governments, but it should not turn to mere snooping, says Salil Tripathi
Singer Lily Allen's half-sister has launched legal action against Now magazine over an article about her famous relative. Gala Talbott is suing the publication's owner IPC Media, seeking libel damages of up to £15,000. The nineteen-year-old claims...
Security guards who attacked two journalists may go unpunished after authorities refused to investigate the case. Elmin Badalov and Anar Gerayly were beaten by a wealthy businessman's private security guards on 28 July. The two newspaper reporters...
Prohibitions on reporting on green movement leaders are just the latest restrictions imposed by the Islamic Republic. Negar Esfandiary reports
Defence secretary Liam Fox has called for shops to ban a computer game that allows players to act as the Taliban and kill Nato troops. Fox said he was "disgusted and angry" and called the game "un-British". The updated version of Medal of Honour,...
The Turkish government’s battle with the PKK threatens to stifle art itself, says Kaya Genç
Literary critic Frank Kermode died this week at the age of 90. Writing for Index on Censorship in 2001, he discussed memory and biography