The successes of Harun Yahya show just how easy it is to shut down web discussion in Turkey, writes Yigal Schleifer Turkish Internet users woke up...
‘There are more people working on censoring the Internet than developing it’
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Roadmap for free expression
As Google, Yahoo and Microsoft sign up to a ground-breaking code of conduct, will this change the way they do business with repressive regimes?...
Uzbekistan’s president goes unpunished
In lifting sanctions less than one year on from the murder of Alisher Saipov, the EU is letting Uzbekistan’s brutal dictator get away with murder,...
Ivo Pukanic murder ‘the work of professionals’
The assassination of Ivo Pukanic and Niko Franjic reveals the dangers of reporting on Croatia's complex organised crime world, writes Goran...
Azerbaijan goes to polls with weakened media
President Aliyev’s tight grip on the press has severely damaged his country’s democracy, writes Vugar Gojayev Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan...
Anna Politkovskaya: unanswered questions
Three men are facing trial for the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, but the investigation is far from over. Index on Censorship...
Does Britain have a Holocaust denial law?
The arrest of Frederick Toben could have implications for freedom of expression in the UK, says Padraig Reidy On Wednesday, Frederick Toben, a...
Respect for religion makes censorship the norm
When publishers are too intimidated to print even novels that may offend, it shows how far we've lost our way on free speech, writes Jo Glanville...
Malaysia: changing the climate of fear
The extension of Raja Petra Kamaruddin's period of detention to two years is another example of the nefarious uses of Malaysia’s Internal Security...
Science shouldn’t shut down discussion
The furore over Michael Reiss’s comments on creationism signify a worrying tendency that is bad for academic freedom and for science, says Steve...