Three Ugandan journalists have been arrested after raids on the offices of the Independent magazine. The three, including the magazine’s editor Andrew Mwenda, are accused of being in possession of seditious material and of publishing inflammatory...
The Russian State Duma voted 339-1 today to tighten media rules on slander and libel. Redefining the offences as ‘dissemination of deliberately false information damaging individual honour and dignity’, the new legislation would allow authorities...
Last Monday, Index on Censorship honoured Burma's monks for their struggle against the ruling junta. The military regime is now cracking down on dissent as it pushes through a new constitution, writes David Jardine Burma's brutal ruling military...
Wikileaks and journalist Arat Dink was honoured by Index on Censorship at a ceremony in London last night. Dink was awarded the prestigious Guardian Journalism Award, which recognises determined and brave journalism that often represents a...
The retail giant is displaying a sudden enthusiasm for libel courts, writes Roby Alampay In the space of five months, four libel suits have been filed by Tesco, one of the world's biggest retailers, and its subsidiary in Thailand, Tesco Lotus. The...
Journalist Shiv Malik has been granted leave to appeal against a production order served on him by police. Malik, who specialises in writing on Islamist extremism and terrorism, was ordered by Greater Manchester Police Counter Terrorism Unit to...
Nadeem Ghori, chief editor of independent weekly Saam (Champion) was arrested by Afghan security forces on 13 April. Noor Ahmad, deputy editor of Saam, said the local government in Ghor Province has not released any details still about the arrest....
London local paper the Hackney Gazette has decided not to allow the British National Party to advertise in its pages. The paper was the focus of much scrutiny after the Hampstead and Highgate Express, which is owned by the same group, Archant, had...
Three journalists were injured in Karachi, Pakistan on 9 April while covering clashes between two groups of lawyers. One of the injured was a camera woman from GEO television, who broke her arm. Two media vehicles were torched and four cameras were...
Richard Butler, a British journalist working with American network CBS, has been freed after being held hostage for two months. Read more here