A forthcoming film about slain Australian journalists is causing a stir in Jakarta, writes David Jardine The announcement of the coming production of a film about the Balibo Five, the Western journalists allegedly executed by the Indonesian...
The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes Julian Petley Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all...
A recent French court decision leaves us no closer to the truth about footage that shook the Middle East, writes Natasha Lehrer A seven-year debate over the authenticity of the footage of the death of Mohammed al Dura in the arms of his father...
The decision to bar Norman Finkelstein from entering the country is a spectacular own goal for Israel, writes Daphna Baram American Jewish academic Norman Finkelstein is a persona non grata in Israel. He found out about it when he attempted a visit...
Mary Whitehouse was a shrill provocateur on a relentless crusade to stifle, oppress and scare, writes Padraig Reidy Mary Whitehouse has always been a peripheral idea in my life --- one of those puppets on Spitting Image I never really recognised as...
The censorship of an exhibition in Sydney says more about the infantilising impulse of the authorities than it does about art, says Binoy Kampmark 'A barrier of illiterate policemen and officers stands between the tender Australian mind and what...
Recent factional fighting in Beirut saw journalists come under attack, writes Charles Chuman On 7 May 2008, Hezbollah and its allies in the Lebanese opposition began dismantling the authority of the Lebanese government. The army and police force...
Eugenie Dolberg and Maysoon Pachachi remember a brave activist and journalist killed in Iraq earlier this month Sarwa Abdul Wahab Al Darwish was a 36-year-old Iraqi journalist from Mosul. On 4 May, Sarwa was in a taxi, returning from the market...
Visual artists and even pop stars could face prosecution under new British legislation, writes John Ozimek Collectors looking to make a fast buck by investing in erotica had a nervous awakening this morning. And fans of Madonna were left wondering...
The estimated 30,000 journalists expected to converge on Beijing for the 2008 Olympiad need to prepare themselves well in advance before they blunder across one of the world’s least understood and most volatile domestic political stages, writes...