As protests continue in Iran, details are emerging of the technology used to monitor citizens. Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls. It told the BBC that it sold a product called the Monitoring Centre to Iran Telecom in the second half of 2008. Read more here
As the divide narrows between left and right in Britain, so too does the space for adversarial dialogue and free expression
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The BBC Trust’s condemnation of Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has the potential to cause serious damage to the corporation’s international standing, says Jonathan Dimbleby
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Index on Censorship news editor Padraig Reidy was on Richard Bacon’s show on BBC Radio Five Live last night, discussing Jacqui Smith’s ‘least wanted’ list of people barred from the UK.
You can listen to the show here