Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, the grandson of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, has lost a libel case against newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Dzhugashvili alleged that an article describing his late grandfather as a "bloodthirsty cannibal" defamed Stalin's "honour...
A court ruling today affirmed science writer Simon Singh’s right to free expression. It grants him leave to appeal Mr Justice Eady’s ruling against him in a libel action brought by the British Chiropractic Association, reports Padraig Reidy
Carter-Ruck’s attempt to muzzle coverage of its client Trafigura backfired spectacularly when it sought to gag reporting on parliament, reports Maria Margaronis
The UK's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal has ruled that then-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was wrong to ban controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders entry to the United Kingdom. Read more here
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