Fifty years after the establishment of the Tunisian Republic on 25 July 1957, the country is still ruled by the same party, the Neo-Destour,...
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Governmental doublespeak
Yemen and Kuwait have both bound themselves to a number of international human rights treaties guaranteeing freedom of expression, particularly the...
Running rings round liberals
Getting 16-year-old Linda Playfoot to take her school to court for not letting her wear a ‘purity ring’ to classes was as clever a way of...
Al Qaeda threatens Britain over Rushdie honour
What took al Qaeda so long? Ayman al Zawahiri has been a little slow in making a response to Salman Rushdie’s knighthood. Is it perhaps because...
New press laws signal censorship
‘If I see you’re involved in self-censorship, or covering up information, I’ll fire you myself!,’ Alexei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy,...
Cartoon villains
Taking offence seems to be turning in to a full-time occupation in Iran. Just days after being gravely offended by the awarding of a knighthood to...
A victim of Israel’s atomic bluff
How many times is Israel going to make an example of Mordechai Vanunu? He was released from prison in 2004 after serving 18 years – much of it in...
Cambodia: Journalists hounded by ‘forest mafiosi’
Journalists and environmental activists investigating deforestation in Cambodia are facing harassment, death threats and censorship after a report...
Falling into a trap
Salman Rushdie is back in the limelight in the Islamic world – this time as Sir Salman. His inclusion in the Queen’s birthday honours list this year...
A message for Gordon
Anyone who believes in the rights to freedom of expression and information must welcome Gordon Brown’s promise of a more open government. An open...