The dissident human rights lawyer --- missing for over a year until he resurfaced last month --- has been reported missing again by his family. In...
China: Gao Zhisheng ‘missing again’
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Sri Lankan president pardons J S Tissainayagam
President Mahinda Rajapaska has pardoned a journalist sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of supporting terrorism. Tyssainayagam,...
Elton John concert banned in Egypt
Elton John was banned from playing a private show on 18 May after the head of Egypt’s musician union denounced his “anti-religious sentiments”....
Judge rules out secret evidence
Padraig Reidy: Judge rules out secret evidence in Guantanamo case
Iraq inquiry: What will the election hold?
Chris Ames: The outcome of the UK election could radically effect the inquiry into the Iraq war
Burqa banned in Belgium
Belgium's lower house of parliament has voted for a law banning the burqa in public yesterday. However, Christian Liberals and Democrats in the...
Leaders' debate libel controversy
Padraig Reidy: YouGov accuses Craig Murray of libel over leaders’ debate
Russia: Editor brutally attacked at home
Arkadi Lander, editor-in-chief of the Sochi-based newspaper 'Mesnaya', was brutally attacked at his apartment on 26 April by two unidentified men....
Turkish mayor sentenced to one year detention for ‘Kurdistan’ reference
Selim Sadak, mayor of the city of Siirt in south-eastern Turkey, was sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment on 26 April after being found guilty of...
Burma: Free Zarganar!
Supported by Index on Censorship, campaigners from across the UK and abroad are to converge on London’s Trafalgar Square on 3 May in support of Zarganar, Burma’s most famous comedian turned prisoner of conscience
Saudi Arabia breaks website censoring record
The Saudi Arabian government broke the Arabic record for the fastest time to block a new website, clocking in at just 15 hours. On 25 April, they...
Violent M.I.A music video banned on Youtube
Musician M.I.A's video for her new single Born Free has been banned from Youtube just days after it was released. The controversial video, directed...
