On Tuesday, Index on Censorship news editor Padraig Reidy wrote this article for the Guardian's Comment is Free site, pointing out a rather unfair and even dangerous edit of an interview with a striking worker at Lindsey: ...A voiceover by the...
Did Carol Thatcher know that the BBC's taste and decency guidelines apply off air as well as on air? And that any ill-judged, politically incorrect comments that may fall from her lips at any moment could cost her her job? We don't know the full...
Chancellor Angela Merkel has got herself involved in Vatican politics, which, if nothing else, makes a change from the Vatican sticking its nose in to everyone else's internal politics. Speaking about Pope Benedict XVI's decision to readmit members...
Iraq began a year of elections with regional council votes in 14 governorates on Saturday. Yet more work has still to be done to guarantee a fair national dialogue on the issues – in the press, through the national media, the public broadcaster and...
This is a guest post by Simon Long, The Economist's Asia editor The dangers Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws pose for the country’s own citizens have been reported in an earlier post on Index on Censorship's website (23 January). They are also having a...
Intimidation of employees of Tunisia's Radio Kalima continued on Thursday, after police surrounded the premises of the satellite radio station earlier in the week. Staff were threatened and detained and the station's equipment was sabotaged and...
This is a guest post by Martin Bright The 30-year-rule is dead in the water and has been for some time. The combined effect of the Freedom of Information Act and an increasing willingness on the part of government departments to release...
This article was originally published on Comment is Free Ted Kennedy died last week. At least, I think it was last week that I had an alert from Wikipedia: "Kennedy suffered a seizure at a luncheon following the Barack Obama Presidential...
This is a guest post by Chris Ames Yesterday’s ruling that pre-Iraq war cabinet minutes must be released is a vindication for Labour’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, although whether the government will see it that way is another matter. It...
According to this report, the London Olympic Delivery Authority has been forcing contractors to sign 'draconian' deals, essentially barring them from discussing conditions, progress, costs (including environmental and health and safety costs) or...