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Journalist attacked in Tunisia
Rohan Jayasekera: an assault on Slim Boukdhir has come hot on the heels of Tunisia’s dubious presidential election result
Sri Lanka: Sunday Leader editors threatened
Padraig Reidy: threats against staff at Index-award winning newspaper, Sri Lanka’s Sunday Leader, must stop
Index welcomes repeal of sedition
Criminal libel and sedition still cast a chill on free speech around the world – and have no place in a democracy
Free expression and the United Nations
Defamation of religion: Freedom of expression groups have voiced concern at a new bid by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the African Group to change UN conventions.
Nick Griffin and democracy
John Kampfner: The only realistic and practical criteria for curbing free speech reside in the law. It is not for governments, less still public service broadcasters, to determine the acceptability of opinion.
Tunisian president batters his way to a sure-fire win
Supporters of Tunisia’s president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, are bending principle and beating journalists as the great leader seeks election for a fifth term on 25 October.
Drawing the line
Battle of Ideas: Should political cartoonists pull no punches, whatever offence they cause?
Pro-state media prostrate themselves
Tunisia: An embarrassing gesture of loyalty North Korean-style to leader Zine el Abidine Ben Ali delivered to order by pro-state media workers in the run up to Sunday’s election.
BNP and Boyzone
John Kampfner on Channel 4 news discussing Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time and complaints about Jan Moir’s Daily Mail article about singer Stephen Gately