A man who admitted to posting "despicable" comments about missing five-year-old April Jones on his Facebook page has been jailed for 12 weeks....
Man jailed for “despicable” comments about missing April Jones
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Marta Cooper
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National Poetry day | Poems by Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Zarganar
In its 40-year history, Index has showcased some of the world’s most remarkable poets. To mark National Poetry Day, we republish two poets jailed after speaking out
Iran court finds Reuters bureau chief guilty of “spreading lies”
An Iranian court on Sunday convicted the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency of "propaganda-related offences" for a video that...
Bahrain medics arrested in dawn raids
Bahraini police arrested five medics in a set of dawn raids this morning, one day after the nation's highest court upheld their prison sentences in...
Bahrain medics to remain in jail after appeal refused
In a case that has drawn international condemnation, Bahrain's highest court today upheld prison sentences handed down to nine medics for weapons...
"CleanIT" – even worse than it sounds
Marta Cooper: “CleanIT” – even worse than it sounds
Leveson must protect press freedom
Lord Justice Leveson is weeks away from issuing recommendations for a new system of press regulation. With the future of British papers in the judge’s hands, Index’s Marta Cooper looks at the challenges ahead
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The Lawyer | Mark Lewis | Do we need a free press?
The Blogger | Guido Fawkes | Where will this all end?
The Journalist | Trevor Kavanagh | The Leveson effect
The Editor | Alan Rusbridger | Striking a balance
Hacked Off | Martin Moore | The danger of power
Pakistan: YouTube blocked over anti-Islam film
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reportedly ordered the state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block YouTube...
Indian cartoonist arrested on sedition charges
The arrest of an anti-corruption cartoonist in India on sedition charges has sparked outrage. Marta Cooper reports
South Africa’s Secrecy Bill: A threat to press freedom or an awakening?
South Africa’s parliament is in its final stages of reviewing a bill that, if passed, could have severe implications for press freedom in the...
Who controls the internet?
Marta Cooper: Who controls the internet?
Web 2.0: Don’t shoot the messenger
Search engines and social networking sites are at the heart of Web 2.0. To unreasonably threaten them with liability for user content misses the point, says
Marta Cooper