English PEN director Jonathan Heawood is looking forward to hearing what Pope Benedict XVI has to say on his visit to Britain
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Azerbaijan: a bleak landscape
Conditions for journalists are worsening in the run up to elections, reports Natasha Schmidt in Baku
Hague: Human rights "essential" to foreign policy
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...
UK: Film-makers arrested on Donald Trump’s Scottish estate
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: Mugabe bans music group over “chicken” song
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: Set yourself free
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood explains why the band released their last album direct to their fans
Hong Kong: the other face of China
Freedom of expression is alive and kicking in the Special Administrative Region. Priyanka Boghani reports
Belarus offers OSCE access to Byabenin investigation
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).
Bring music, bring life
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
US: Craigslist “adult” adverts censored
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...