Motor racing supremo Max Mosley has failed in his attempt to stop the News of the World from publishing an extract from a video of him with several prostitutes on its website. The newspaper claims that Mosley, son of British fascist leader Oswald,...
Controversial short film Fitna has been removed from video-hosting site LiveLeak after threats were made against staff. Meanwhile, the Iranian government has summoned the Dutch ambassador in order to register protest against the film. Dutch Foreign...
Is Chechnya’s President Kadyrov welcome in the country’s journalists’ union or not, asks Anna Sevortian On the 5 March Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, was inducted into the Union of Journalists of Chechnya, which is part of the Russian...
Dutch MP Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film Fitna on the Internet. The film, a polemic against the 'Islamicisation' of Europe made up of clips of bombings and speeches from imams and politicians, has been the subject of huge...
As President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Britain, Natasha Lehrer looks at the changing relationship between France’s political elite and the media In a radical break with French tradition, the amorous antics of the country’s President have lately become...
The verdict on whether a police Production Order should be served on journalist Shiv Malik will not be revealed until next Monday, Index has learned. Malik, author of Leaving Al-Qaeda, an account of the extremist activities of former Islamist...
A Chinese dissident has been jailed for five years for circulating a petition calling on the authorities to improve human rights. Drafted by unemployed factory worker Yang Chunlin, the petition read ‘We don’t want the Olympics, we want human...
Fox Broadcasting has announced that they will refuse to pay a fine imposed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for 'indecency' broadcast in a 2003 episode of a reality show. The show, Married By America, featured digitally-obscured...
Journalist Shiv Malik is appearing in court this morning after Greater Manchester Police requested a Production Order for materials relating to his forthcoming book, Leaving Al-Qaeda. Malik, who is co-writing the book with former Islamist Hassan...
Five Jordanian journalists have been sentenced to prison terms in two separate defamation cases in the past week. Editor Taher al-Adwan and reporter Sahar Qassam, of Al Arab al Youm, and former editor of Ad Dustour Osama Sharif and Ad Dustour...