Index on Censorship has learned that law firm Carter-Ruck has backed down in an attempt to stop media from reporting on a parliamentary question concerning a previous injunction. The gag had caused outrage on the Internet, with many Twitter users defying the injunction to post information on the case.
Solicitors Carter-Ruck have successfully barred the Guardian newspaper from reporting a parliamentary question about an earlier injunction on reporting about a client's activities. The Guardian has pledged to fight the injunction, with editor Alan...
An international conference on press freedom in Vienna, reports Andrei Soldatov, included a surprising guest: a Russian security service agent.
Herta Müller has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this interview published in Index on Censorship, she discusses the death of free expression in Ceauşescu’s Romania
Bloomberg news is reporting that US President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Read here
The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution condemning “stereotyping of religion”. It’s a move that flouts freedom of expression – and it was sponsored by the United States. Roy W Brown reports
Plans to make a movie about the romance between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten may be halted by the Indian government. It has refused to allow filming in the country if there are any scenes that show India’s first prime minister and the...
Three lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual sites have been blocked by the Turkish telecommunications authority. The sites were deemed to incite or encourage suicide, child abuse, drug-use and obscenity. Galibe.com, haydigayri.com and...
The sentencing ot two young rappers for posting a threatening song on YouTube sets a dangerous precedent, says Brendan O’Neill
An Italian court has overturned a law granting immunity from prosecution to prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. Read more here Read Index on Censorship's report on political interference in Italian media here