Jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi has ended a two-week hunger strike, according to her father. Read more here
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Burma named worst place in world for bloggers
A report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists has named Burma, Iran and Syria amongst the worst countries for bloggers. Read more here
This ‘banned list’ has no place in UK law
To stop people entering Britain because of what they may say while here is based on the concept of pre-emptive sanction says Padraig Reidy Dyab Abou Jahjah, a founder of the Arab European League, came to London from Belgium at the end of March to...
UK ‘least wanted’ list published
The Home Office has released a list of sixteen people banned from entering the UK for their extremist views. The list includies Islamists, white supremacists and a right-wing US talk show host. Read more here
World Press Freedom Day – 3 May
To mark World Press Freedom Day 2009, Index on Censorship asked a panel of experts what needs to be done to protect the press in the year ahead Michael Foley It might be fanciful, but what better way to celebrate World Press Freedom Day than for...
Binyam Mohamed: Foreign Office attempts to file ‘secret evidence’
Index on Censorship has learned that government lawyers are attempting to submit secret evidence on the treatment of former Guantanamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed, as the Foreign Office continues to attempt to prevent the release of potentially damning information about his detention.
Cuba: changes? What changes?
The Obama regime may be reaching out to Raúl Castro, but it is unlikely any real reform will emerge for ordinary Cubans, writes Ena Lucía Portela The recent surprise dismissals of a number of well-known apparatchiks of the Castro regime, including...
‘Banned’ poet becomes first female laureate
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's first female poet laureate. Read more here
Irish minister defends new blasphemy law
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has defended a proposal to introduce new legislation on blasphemy. Read more here
Ireland: religion doesn’t need protection
The Irish government's plan to introduce blasphemy legislation may seem a retrograde step, but it is part of a broader global trend, writes Padraig Reidy In March of this year, a young Afghan journalist, Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh, was sentenced to 20...