Apple should be part of the open online society, rather than the architects behind a system of control, argues Bill Thompson
Freedom sacrificed for an easy life, in Apple’s Brave New World
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CATEGORY: Comment
Post-traumatic libel syndrome
His three-year defamation battle may be over, but Hardeep Singh still faces an uphill battle to recover his costs
Fighting political internet censorship in Turkey: one site won back, 10,000 to go
With its strict regulation law, Turkey has become the land of internet censorship, argues Dr Yaman Akdeniz
Webmaster trial in Thailand: A case of ‘shooting the messenger’
The case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok, has far-reaching implications for freedom of speech – not just in Thailand, but in the wider region too, argues Gayathry Venkiteswaran
John Kampfner: When tyrants want tear gas, the UK has always been happy to oblige
The revoking of arms licences to Libya and Bahrain won’t last. British firms will be back, argues John Kampfner
Shadow of the fatwa
It is 22 years since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence against the author Salman Rushdie. The author’s critics lost the Satanic Verses battle but won the war against free speech, argues Kenan Malik
“I am on the people’s side, not the regime’s”
Shahira Amin, the number two at Nile television, explains why she resigned from Egyptian state television
Sri Lankan press crackdown 2.0
Opposition voices targeted to silence them before parliamentary elections says Index’s Rohan Jayasekera
Strasbourg and sexual shenanigans: A search for clarity
Mr Justice Eady on the difficulty of balancing competing human rights and why no parliamentary draftsman could have dreamt up the facts of the Mosley case
Jon Venables: the price of justice
The right to a fair trial can override free expression, says Carl Gardner
Press Roundup: Turkish newspapers on US genocide vote
Press Roundup: Jennifer Amur examines Turkish reaction to US genocide vote
Plus Nouritza Matossian: A chance to disavow a grotesque state crime
US Armenian ‘genocide’ vote a chance for Turkey
US resolution condemning the 1915 Armenian genocide gives Turkey a chance to disavow a grotesque state crime and abandon its hideous charade says Nouritza Matossian
