Media strikes over Silvio Berlusconi’s ‘gag law’ –– Italian journalists protest PM’s wiretap bill. Benedetta Brevini reports
Italy’s news blackout
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Emily Butselaar
Emily Butselaar
Anti-terror stop and search powers to be scrapped
Home Secretary Theresa May is to halt searches of individuals without reasonable suspicion after the European Court of Human Rights rules the power unlawful. Leah Borromeo reports
PCC review calls for more transparency
Emily Butselaar: PCC review calls for more transparency
Tunisia, where independent journalism is a criminal act
As statements of contempt for free expression, they don’t come much plainer. This week Tunisia told the world that it defines independent journalism as “spreading news likely to harm public order”
PAST EVENT: Sir Tom Stoppard presents… Belarus Free Theatre
Sir Tom Stoppard presents… Belarus Free Theatre, 13 July, 7pm, Free Word Centre
Somaliland expects
Ignored by the world, Somaliland’s peaceful elections were aided by press freedom unparalleled in the region. Will international recognition follow? Asks Sarah Howard
Defining bona fide protest
Jo Glanville responds: Narrow definitions of a bona fide protester smack of Victorian ideals of the deserving poor — Index defends everyone’s right to protest
PAST EVENT: Mark Damazer, controller BBC Radio 4, in conversation with John Kampfner
Mark Damazer, controller BBC Radio 4, in conversation with John Kampfner, Monday 12 July 6.30pm
Bangladesh: Wife of arrested political leader appeals to UN
Shaheda Yesmin, the wife of Shamsher M. Chowdhury appeals for help from the United Nations. Chowdhury, a UN commissioner and the country’s former Foreign Secretary has been arrested on arson charges that his family say are politically motivated
Index on Censorship: Right to protest in Parliament Square “non-negotiable”
PRESS RELEASE Index on Censorship is calling upon the new government and mayor of London to re-affirm the right to protest in Parliament Square....
Why Lord Puttnam is wrong about the PCC
Labour peer’s call to end the self-regulation system if newspapers do not “improve their behaviour within a year” would endanger press freedom. The PCC’s Stephen Abell asks: Does Puttnam really want a public body to dictate the tone of political coverage?
Parliament Square protesters face eviction
As Boris Johnson wins his fight to evict “democracy village”, Bibi van der Zee asks if the courts intend to end the great British tradition of camping in protest