The arrest of an anti-corruption cartoonist in India on sedition charges has sparked outrage. Marta Cooper reports
Indian cartoonist arrested on sedition charges
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
Vietnam: free expression in free fall
Freedom of expression has suffered a crackdown in Vietnam in recent years, with bloggers being the main target. Geoffrey Cain asks what has prompted this intense backlash against free speech
The case for open access
MAGAZINE In many parts of the world, malaria continues to kill millions — yet experts are still denied access to vital research. Bart Knols reports
Web 2.0: Don’t shoot the messenger
Search engines and social networking sites are at the heart of Web 2.0. To unreasonably threaten them with liability for user content misses the point, says
Marta Cooper
Five bizarre blasphemy cases
An 11-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome was last week arrested in Pakistan, after an angry mob demanded that the girl be punished for allegedly...
India’s face-off with Internet freedom
The world’s largest democracy is all too willing to censor the web, says Marta Cooper
“Welcome to Myanmar, Mr BBC”
In 2007, Fergal Keane reported for Index on the near impossibility of working as a reporter in Burma. Returning in 2012, he found much had changed. But though the military is slowly loosening its grip, restrictions remain
India’s face-off with internet freedom
Although only 10 per cent of India's population is online, a divisive national debate over internet freedom has implications for the country's...
India: Female journalist critically injured in shooting attack
A shooting attack in the Indian city of Itanagar left Tongam Rina, associate editor of the Arunachal Times newspaper, critically injured on Sunday....
Indonesia: Shia cleric jailed for blasphemy
Indonesia's Sampang District Court has sentenced a Shia cleric to two years' imprisonment for blasphemy. Tajul Muluk was said to have caused "public...
Happy birthday, Dalai Lama: China celebrates by cutting comms in Tibetan region
It was the Dalai Lama’s birthday last week; he turned 77. China celebrated in its own unique way by severing public communication services, with...
Sri Lanka: Defence minister tells editor “they will kill you”
Sri Lankan defence minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly verbally abused Sunday Leader editor Frederica Jansz during a telephone interview last...
