The Italian government is attempting to make web-based dissent a crime, says Cecilia Anesi A new bill has come before the Senate, giving the interior ministry the power to order Internet providers to remove criminal content within 24 hours or face...
A gun attack in the southern city of Iguala, Guerrero State on 13 Feb left photographer Jean Paul Ibarra of local daily El Correo dead and reporter Jenny Luliana Marchán of Diario 21 injured. The two journalists were riding on a motorcycle on their...
Reporter Punniyamurthy Sathyamurthy was killed during an air raid carried out by the Sri Lankan Army on the north of the country on 12 February. He had been reporting in the contested region of Vanni, where rebel Tamil Tigers (LTTE) have recently...
The legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi The Statesman is one of the oldest English language newspapers in India, with an illustrious history. Its editors and...
Dutch MP Geert Wilders is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to enter the UK despite a Home Office ban. Read more here
Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been told he will be refused entry to Britain to attend a screening of his film Fitna, has been allowed to board his flight from the Netherlands. Read more here
Early Wednesday morning, blogger and activist Philip Rizk, who was detained after he participated in public demonstrations in support of Gaza last Friday, was released and driven home without having been charged. The Egyptian government has not...
In February 1989, five months after the publication of The Satanic Verses, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against its author Salman Rushdie. It is often seen as a pivotal moment in shaping the landscape of contemporary Western society. So, 20...
Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a refugee from Thailand's lèse majesté laws. He spoke to Index on Censorship about the government and military's campaign against dissent Academic and journalist Giles Ji Ungpakorn fled Thailand last Friday, shortly before he...
German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizk was detained north of Cairo following a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the author of popular blog Tabula Gaza was bundled into a white van with no licence plates, which then sped...