Judges, lawyers and journalists all need to be clearer on guidelines for reporting restrictions, writes Gill Phillips Twelve years ago Lord Justice Staughton reminded us that “The Latin maxim that justice must be done though the heavens fall...
Despite the government’s best efforts, television and electronic media had a profound effect on how Pakistanis voted in this week’s election, says Zubeida Mustafa Two days before the elections in Pakistan on 18 February, the New York-based Human...
A Tunisian comic may have paid a high price for making fun of the country’s leader, writes Rohan Jayasekera Index on Censorship is calling for the release of Tunisian comedian Hédi Ouled Baballah, who has been jailed on the basis of suspect...
The release of a draft of the British government’s dossier on Iraqi weapons confirms suspicions but also raises more questions, writes Chris Ames Monday’s release of the John Williams draft of the Iraq “weapons of mass destruction” dossier shows...
Despite the extension of her visa, novelist Taslima Nasrin remains confined to a room in an undisclosed location, writes Sanal Edamaruku The good news first: India has granted a visa extension to exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin. For now,...
London Underground's ban of an exhibition advert is elitist, writes Edward Lucie-Smith Exhibition organisers at the Royal Academy are expressing bewilderment and outrage, at least in public, because the people who run advertising for the London...
Yesterday's overturning of the convictions of five young men under the Terrorism Act signifies a change in how the courts deal with extremism, writes Jo Glanville The quashing of the conviction of five students under the Terrorism Act at the Court...
The banning of a "preacher of hate" raises far more problems than it solves, writes Abdul-Rehman Malik The recent denial of a visa to Yusuf al Qaradawi, the influential Qatar-based scholar accused of preaching hatred against homosexuals and...
Ireland’s new media watchdog will itself be under severe scrutiny, writes Michael Foley It was a long time coming, but after debates going back to the 1970s, Ireland has finally joined the rest of Europe and has established a press council, which...
New proposals to limit extremist speech could have a significant chilling effect on the Internet, argues Bill Thompson Taking a leaf from its approach to prosecuting predatory paedophiles who use the Internet to establish contact with young people,...