The government has convened an industry working group to examine how to block websites. Peter Bradwell considers the possible options
Who decides what you see online?
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Emily Butselaar
Text: Geng He accepts Index award on behalf of her husband, Gao Zhisheng
Video and award details here I wish Gao Zhisheng could receive this award, instead of me accepting on his behalf. I would have been proud to see him here, I would have cheered for his regained freedom and once again I would have been able to...
Veteran Russian journalist attacked
Reporter Sergei Topol was beaten around the head on Wednesday as he left his home in Moscow, leaving him hospitalised. Topol published a series of articles in 2008 in which he alleged that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was going to leave his wife...
Winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2011
The 11th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards were presented tonight (24 March) at a ceremony in London hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby
Keynote speech: Howard Jacobson speaks out for scepticism
Wikileaks and the long view
Emily Butselaar: Wikileaks and the long view
Baba Jeet Singh's solicitors withdraw from libel case
Emily Butselaar: Baba Jeet Singh’s solicitors withdraw from libel case
Middle East: Will Yemen be next?
Inspired by unrest in Egypt and Tunisia, the opposition has staged massive protests demanding President Saleh’s resignation but so far there is no sign of a grass-roots move for change. Iona Craig reports
Terry Jones and the limits of tolerance
Emily Butselaar: Terry Jones and the limits of tolerance
Uganda: Editor detained over cartoon
The chief executive officer and managing director of Business Summit Review was detained on January 11 after the magazine ran a cover cartoon depicting Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni slicing up a cake in celebration of 48 years of Uganda's...
WikiLeaks turned the tables on governments, but the power relationship has not changed
The information genie cannot be put back into the bottle, however hard authorities try. But John Kampfner argues the authorities continue to exploit the internet as a means of control
Tunisia hits the headlines
As Tunisia’s president sacks the government and calls an early election. Jillian C York reports on revolution the Western media almost missed
Libel reform victory
Index on Censorship celebrates Nick Clegg’s commitment to overhaul England’s much-criticised libel laws