There was a lively debate about whether future journalism will make the public more informed at the launch of the latest Index on Censorship magazine at the Frontline Club
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Grayling’s plans for tougher sentencing are unlikely to act as a deterrent to trolls
The UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to increase the maximum prison sentence for online abuse, or trolling, to two years. Laws already exist for dealing with harassment and threats of violence, and the Crown Prosecution...
Rights groups call on UK to press Bahrain to release human rights defenders
Nine human rights organisations called on the British government on Friday to speak out publicly in the case of activists currently being detained in Bahrain. Prominent human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab, Zainab Al-Khawaja and Ghada Jamsheer have...
Azerbaijan: Stop harassment against investigative journalist
The Azerbaijani authorities should immediately lift the travel ban imposed on Khadija Ismayilova and cease all legal proceedings against her. Against the backdrop of the unprecedented crackdown on civil society, Khadija Ismayilova’s arrest on...
Padraig Reidy: Collective outrage and imagined slights
Padraig Reidy explores when writers are attacked for using their imaginations.
Russia: Justice Ministry seeks to disband Kremlin-critical human rights group
The ministry has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to close the International Memorial Society, Jennifer Janiak reports
Azerbaijan: Protesters demand end to repression
Powerful pictures show thousands gathering in Baku as crackdown on government critics continues
Azerbaijan: Journalist Arzu Geybulla threatened
Azerbaijani journalist Arzu Geybulla has been the subject of ongoing intimidation via social media
Padraig Reidy: We all seem to be grieving for newspapers
Put two British journalists in a room and talk will likely turn to the managed decline of the newspaper industry in western Europe and the US. Padraig Reidy will miss the news agents most.
Romania: Audiovisual Council paralysed in middle of election campaign
As Romania heads into its election season, its television and radio regulator languishes. Zoltan Sipos reports on the trouble ahead