The Colombo Telegraph, Sri Lanka’s most iconoclastic investigative news website, is gearing up for this year’s second national election. And once again they face the threat of censorship — despite a presidential promise to bring it to an end
Rohan Jayasekera
Sri Lanka’s media needs reform — can new President Sirisena deliver?
The country needs a constitutionally recognised national commission to oversee media reform and ensure freedom of expression is properly defended, writes Rohan Jayasekera
Leaked document reveals how EU cut commitment to greater official openness
You can find support for the public’s right to access official information in the strangest places. Like a private EU policy paper draft. As leaked to and published by the whistle-blowers’ website Wikileaks. Rohan Jayasekara writes
Tunisia’s press faces repressive laws, uncertain future
The press in Tunisia is caught between the restrictive legal framework of the Ben Ali regime and the uncertainties of the post-revolutionary transition, Rohan Jayasekera, Ghias Aljundi and Yousef Ahmed report.
The future of internet governance? I wouldn’t start from here
After two weeks of negotiations, the threat of extended government influence over the internet remains. Rohan Jayasekera looks back on WCIT
Plus: Dominique Lazanski on how the UK stood up for online freedoms at WCIT
The future of internet governance? I wouldn't start from here
If there was ever any doubt that the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) was the wrong body to run the internet, you only needed to...
Why aren't we talking about protecting free speech online at WCIT?
Today is International Human Rights Day, so with the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) meeting in Dubai to reframe its guiding...
Greece: Europe must defend free speech
The European Union has a duty to speak out against increasing censorship, writes Rohan Jayasekera
Asteris Masouras and Veroniki Krikoni: Greece: Free speech faces abyss
Britain should not put Saudi oil before Bahraini blood
British politcians’ fear of upsetting “allies” has meant oppression in the tiny gulf nation is ignored, says Rohan Jayasekera
A tale of two Australians
Rohan Jayasekera: A tale of two Australians
Friends of Index's Tunisia Monitoring Group take place in new government
Rohan Jayasekera: Friends of Index’s Tunisia Monitoring Group take place in new government
UAE 5 jail sentences a stain on Abu Dhabi's independence celebrations
Rohan Jayasekera: UAE 5 jail sentences a stain on Abu Dhabi’s independence celebrations