Carlos Flores Borja, winner of an Index on Censorship Award, reports from Peru on how his radio station was closed down for reporting a government massacre, and his subsequent fight for justice
World Press Freedom Day: Local Hero
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Atheists and asbos: What price offence?
The conviction of Liverpool atheist Harry Taylor for placing “offensive” cartoons in an airport prayer room has caused controversy among secularists. Butterflies and Wheels’ Ophelia Benson and Paul Sims of New Humanist magazine go head to head
From the archive: Revolution at the crossroads
Index on Censorship contributor
Fred Halliday has died at the age of 64. Here, we republish a typically insightful Halliday article on the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2001
Libel Reform Hustings poll – the results
Which party impressed our voters with its commitment to free expression?
Free speech hustings – As they happened
Last night the Libel Reform Campaign hosted the official Free Speech Hustings of the general election 2010
Michael Wills for Labour, Dominic Grieve from the Conservatives, and Evan Harris from the Liberal Democrats went head to head on libel law reform and protecting our freedom of speech. Replay the event here.
Google maps government censorship requests
Google discloses demands for censorship, user data. Its new government search tool exposes state censorship and demands for user information. Emily Butselaar reports
Children of the disappeared
Dirty War abductions: A case involving the adopted heirs to an Argentinean media empire has reignited a row about press freedom. Ed Stocker reports
Threats against Iranian reporter Maziar Bahari
Index on Censorship condemns intimidation by Islamic Republic
Thailand: rulers hope to commit dirty deeds in the dark
Web censorship and a compliant media are allowing the Thai government to turn the country into a quasi-police state, says
Giles Ji Ungpakorn