The BNP leader’s appearance on Question Time is not a “no platform” issue, says Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne. It is time to confront the BNP by championing moderation and tolerance
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Freed reporter Maziar Bahari arrives in London
Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was released from prison in Iran on Saturday after he was jailed in the aftermath of the country's disputed elections, has returned to London. Index on Censorship, along with Committee to Protect...
Spy book in Supreme Court
A former British spy is in court today in an attempt to stop a ban on a book he has written. The UK government say the revalations in the book could harm national security. Read more here Read Tamsin Allen's article on the case for Index on...
The ultimate assault on free speech
Law firm Carter-Ruck’s super-injunction to attempt to stop the reporting of a question on the Trafigura affair in Parliament has galvanised MPs and other bodies to take up the fight for freedom of expression. John Kampfner reports
Maziar Bahari released on bail
Newsweek magazine has confirmed that Canadian-Iranian reporter Maziar Bahari, Iran correspondent for the magazine, has been released on bail by Iranian authorities. Index on Censorship, Newsweek, Committee to Protect Journalists and Canadian...
Trafigura: Minton report revealed
Commodities firm Trafigura and solicitors Carter-Ruck have given up attempts to conceal a report on the company's activities in the Ivory Coast. You can read the Minton Report here
Binyam Mohamed: victory for open justice
In a landmark judgment, the High Court has ruled that information on Mohamed’s treatment should be released, despite the objections of the Foreign Office. Index on Censorship reports
MEPs lose parliamentary access
Elected representative have been denied privileged access to the House of Commons. Is censorship a factor? Index on Censorship reports
An unlikely champion
Geert Wilders visit today to Westminster is a small blow against censorship, says Oliver Kamm
Privacy: courts do not keep records of injunction
An answer to a parliamentary question by Paul Farrelly MP has revealed that the high court does not keep a record of the number of injunctions granted against the press. In the current edition of The Economist, media lawyer Mark Stephens says he...
