In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for theIFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference 2013, Index Director of Campaigns and Policy Marek Marczynski reports back on a protest outside the Royal Palace
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Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave New York University amid claims of Chinese government pressure
Chen Guangcheng will leave his position at New York University at the end of this month, and has claimed that his departure is tied to pressure from Chinese authorities on the university. Sara Yasin reports
China censors Winnie the Pooh
China’s censors have taken down an image of two popular cartoon characters, after bloggers in the country used it to poke fun at the country’s leader. Sara Yasin reports
Violence against Muslims on the rise in Burma
Burma’s Muslim minority has come under increasing attack from Buddhist mobs. Tom Fawthorp reports from Meiktila and Yangon on the racism that is clouding the country’s future.
China’s government still mute on Tiananmen
On the 24th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests Index on Censorship calls on the Chinese government to honour its constitutional commitment to free speech and to allow access to information about the events. Sara Yasin writes
Indian broadcasters draw bans for stepping over obscenity lines
Recent decisions by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have raised questions about the country’s approach to broadcasting regulation. Mahima Kaul reports
Vietnamese activists appeal sentences
Index on Censorship has joined a coalition of organisations expressing deep concerns over the Vietnamese government’s treatment of human rights activists, who are appealing their harsh sentences for free expression “crimes”.
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India’s plan to monitor web raises concerns over privacy
The Indian government has been implementing a system to track and access calls, texts and online activities. Mahima Kaul reports from Delhi that the Central Monitoring System will be used by tax authorities and India’s National Investigation Authority to fight terror-related crimes. But digital freedom activists are worried.
Global coalition of NGOs call to investigate and disable FinFisher’s espionage equipment in Pakistan
We are a consortium of NGOs and individuals— ARTICLE 19,  Association For Progressive Communications, Access Now, Bolo Bhi, Centre For Democracy...
Will social media be a game changer for Indian politics?
Election fever has completely gripped the Indian media. Though general elections are scheduled for 2014, the news cycle regularly carries rumours of early elections every time another corruption scandal breaks, Mahima Kaul reports from New Delhi.
Pakistan’s Sharif moves to form government after historic vote
Pakistan’s historic election is behind us. Historic because it is the first time a government has completed its term without being ruthlessly axed, toppled by military dictatorship or unelected politicians. But it was also one of its bloodiest.
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Saradha Group scandal exposes ties between India’s media, politicians
The discovery of a colossal financial scam at a company in India’s West Bengal state is exposing the underbelly of the relationship between politicians and media owners in the world’s largest democracy, Mahima Kaul reports.