The government should not be creating new laws to enforce provisions written in the reactionary 1930s, says Michael Nugent This Wednesday the Irish parliament will vote on a new law making blasphemy an offence punishable by a fine of €25,000. If...
Iranian-Canadian journalist's supposed "confession" suggests serious human rights abuses Iranian news agency Fars reported yesterday that Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari had admitted that his coverage of the Iranian election was biased in...
Darryn Walker has suffered unemployment and vilification for writing a pornographic story. The censorious obscenity law that allows this to happen must be scrapped, say John Ozimek and Julian Petley Authors across the UK breathed a sigh of relief...
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case against Darryn Walker, the civil servant who was facing trial under the Obscene Publications Act for writing a violent pornographic fantasy story about pop group Girls Aloud. Darryn Walker was...
The family of the slain journalist has called for the retrial of those accused of involvement in her murder to include a comprehensive new investigation. Maria Eismont reports The decision of the Russian Supreme Court to overturn the not guilty...
Azerbaijan has a new, harsher religion law and new penalties for producing, selling, circulating, importing and exporting religious literature without state permission, reports Felix Corley of Forum 18 When two Azeris crossed a remote border...
Steps taken by the government to remove Globovisión’s free-to-air licence poses a fresh threat to the country’s independent media. Daniel Duquenal reports In a move that signals a renewed attack on Venezuela’s independent media, President Hugo...
Index on Censorship calls for the release of renowned Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker On Sunday (21 June), the Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari was arrested in Tehran. He is currently being detained and has not been...
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames The Telegraph may –-- or may not –-- have reached the bottom of the very large barrel that is the MPs’ expenses scandal. But beyond new revelations about...
Lawyer Le Cong Dinh (right) has always worked to change the system from within - which is exactly why his arrest is troubling, says Roby Alampay On the surface of it, there is nothing new about Vietnam’s arrest on 13 June of a prominent lawyer for...