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

India: University professor arrested over anti-Mamata cartoons

A university protester has been arrested for allegedly spreading derogatory cartoons against "respectable persons" in India. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a...

Vietnam: New online censorship rules drafted

by Marta Cooper | 12 Apr 12

Google, Facebook, and other internet companies may be required cooperate with Vietnamese authorities in removing content from their sites, based on...

Pakistan web users force government backtrack on internet filtering

by Marta Cooper | 12 Apr 12

The past few months have seen the rise of a vocal and sophisticated anti-censorship campaign in Pakistan that has effectively shamed the government...

Malaysia: “Cartoon-o-phobia” case against government, police, continues

by Alice Purkiss | 12 Apr 12

The case of a political cartoonist who was arrested and detained in 2010, and took the government to court as a result, continued last week....

India: BlackBerry snooping system underway

by Marta Cooper | 11 Apr 12

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has given Indian security forces access to private instant messages. The move follows the setting up of a...

China cuts nude Kate Winslet from 3D Titanic release

by Index on Censorship | 10 Apr 12

Like the rest of the world, China’s gone Titanic crazy again. The 3D version of James Cameron’s Titanic hit cinemas here today but Chinese...

China coup rumours trigger web crackdown

by Index on Censorship | 10 Apr 12

It has emerged that the Chinese government has closed 16 websites and detained six people for “fabricating or disseminating online rumours” in...

Burma’s media workers dare to dream of free expression

by Index on Censorship | 04 Apr 12

The election of Aung San Suu Kyi was another step in Burma’s advance to democracy. But journalists are aware that the small gains made by the media could be taken back.
Tom Fawthrop reports