Category: <span>Index Index</span>

Pakistan: Two journalists “tortured and harassed”

by Sarah Cox | 18 Jul 11

Rana Yaseen and Ch Khalid Sardar claim they were "tortured and harassed" on the night of 16 July in the Bahalwapur region of Pakistan. Local...

Honduras: Radio station director killed

by Sarah Cox | 15 Jul 11

A 26-year-old radio station director was killed yesterday in Honduras. Nery Jeremias Orellana was stopped and shot in the head by masked gunmen as...

Uzbekistan: Journalist hospitalised, ends hunger strike

by Sarah Cox | 15 Jul 11

Saodat Omonova, one of two women journalists protesting media censorship in Uzbekistan, has ended her hunger strike after being hospitalised earlier...

Gaza: News agency HQ attacked

by Sarah Cox | 11 Jul 11

The office of Ma’an Network, a news agency based in Gaza City, was attacked by masked assailants. According to local reports, staff at the main...

Malayasia: 1600 arrested as campaign for electoral reform continues

by Sarah Cox | 11 Jul 11

Police in Malaysia made 1600 arrests at the weekend, as protesters ignored government warnings to cancel anti-government action. Leaders of the...

Journalist released, deported from Yemen

by Index on Censorship | 06 Jul 11

New Zealand journalist Glen Johnson has been released from custody in Yemen and was deported to Dubai earlier today, Index on Censorship has...

Australian internet providers employ censors

by Index on Censorship | 06 Jul 11

Australian service providers, including Telstra and Optus, will voluntarily block websites deemed by the government as showing and disseminating...

Cisco will help build China’s surveillance project

by Index on Censorship | 06 Jul 11

US-based Cisco Systems Inc and Hewlett-Packard, along with a handful of other Western technology companies, are set to provide crucial network...

US links Pakistani spy agency to death of journalist Saleem Shahzad

by Index on Censorship | 05 Jul 11

White House officials believe that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence ordered the killing of Pakistani investigative journalist Saleem Shahzad...

US will prosecute Brits who pirate US-based media

by Index on Censorship | 05 Jul 11

The US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is shutting down websites based abroad that break US copyrights and and prosecuting their...