Turkish parliament ‘amends’ Article 301

30 Apr 08 | News and features

Turkey’s controversial article 301 has been reworded. Under an amendment passed by the parliament this morning, The term ‘Turkishness’ is replaced by the ‘Turkish nation’, and the term ‘Republic’ with ‘State of the Republic of Turkey’.

Index on Censorship last week honoured Arat Dink, who has been prosecuted under 301 for insulting Turkishness, with a Freedom of Expression Award.

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Three reporters arrested in raid

29 Apr 08 | News and features

Three Ugandan journalists have been arrested after raids on the offices of the Independent magazine. The three, including the magazine’s editor Andrew Mwenda, are accused of being in possession of seditious material and of publishing inflammatory articles.

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Debate: the Kollerstrom question

28 Apr 08 | Comment, United Kingdom

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Academic Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom was last week stripped of his honorary post at University College London, after his controversial views on the Holocaust and 9/11 were uncovered by bloggers. Was the university right to disassociate itself from him, or is he being punished for a thought crime? Index asked Unity, of Liberal Conspiracy, and Brendan O’Neill of Spiked, to weigh up the argument

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