Category: <span>Asia and Pacific</span>

Today I was banned from Vietnam

Vietnam is a country that bans authors because of what they write. I know this because it has just happened to me. Two months ago the Diplomatic...

Xi’s the one: What the pundits are saying about China’s next leader

by Index on Censorship | 06 Nov 12

The world's two biggest superpowers are about to choose their next leaders. While the American battle is laid bare for all to see, in China,...

India changes its internet governance position — backs away from UN proposal

by Mahima Kaul | 29 Oct 12

Following outrage from India's civil society and media, it appears the country's government has backed away from its proposal to create a UN body to...

Ai Weiwei does Gangnam Style (really)

by Marta Cooper | 25 Oct 12

Update 26/10: The clip below has now been blocked in China. While Korean pop sensation Psy was teaching UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon how to do...

Manchester man given eight months jail for cop-killer T-shirt

by Daisy Williams | 11 Oct 12

A man has been sentenced to a total of eight months in prison by a Manchester court for wearing a T-shirt daubed with offensive comments referring...

How Cambodia silences dissent: 71-year-old radio boss jailed for 20 years

by Anya Palm | 03 Oct 12

Mam Sonando, the 71-year-old director of Cambodia’s only independent radio station, Beehive Radio, was sentenced to 20 years of prison in a...

Sedition laws: India’s colonial-era threat to free expression

by Mahima Kaul | 26 Sep 12

Aseem Trivedi’s arrest for his anti-establishment cartoons shocked and outraged India. Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code, under which Trivedi was...

India discusses proposals to regulate the internet

by Mahima Kaul | 24 Sep 12

The Indian government’s proposal to the United Nations General Assembly, to form a 50-member United Nations Committee on Internet Related Policies...

Pakistan: YouTube blocked over anti-Islam film

by Marta Cooper | 17 Sep 12

Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reportedly ordered the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block YouTube...

India’s telecoms revolution must be extended to all

by Mahima Kaul | 12 Sep 12

Across the world, debates around freedom of expression have intensified, in part due to people’s increased participation because of the many avenues...