Zubeida Mustafa examines the Pakistani media's response to the arrests of eleven Pakistani students now facing deportation from the UK At a time...
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Information Commissioner: Google Street View should not be stopped
The UK's Information Commissioner has said there will be no move to censor Google Street View, despite admitting it carries a small risk of privacy...
‘We expect a bias for freedom’
In a stirring and provocative speech at the Freedom of Expression awards, Sir David Hare presented a challenge for Index on Censorship, and all free...
‘A government more concerned with silencing critics than addressing its own failures’
News that anti-terror officers trawled Damian Green MP’s personal emails for information, including details of Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti,...
Green will not face charges
Conservative MP Damian Green and civil servant Christopher Galley will not face charges relating to leaks of government documents after Director of...
Freedom of information when it suits
Why is British government trying to censor documents relating to the Iraq war it has already published, asks Chris Ames A new twist in the tale of...
BBC fined £150,000 for ‘Sachsgate’
Ofcom has fined the BBC £150,000 for breaches of the broadcasting code on Russell Brand's Radio 2 show in October. An Ofcom statement said: 'The...
Seditious libel law is a travesty of justice
The UK government’s retention of this archaic legislation only serves to justify oppression in other countries, writes Evan Harris In 1763,...
Lebedev to sue Forbes
Evening Standard and Novaya Gazeta owner Alexander Lebedev is to sue Forbes magazine for libel after it claimed he had lost $2.5 billlion in the...
Media alerts in lead up to G20 demonstrations
As UK citizens prepare to exercise their freedom of expression at demonstrations during the upcoming week of the G20 summit, the media continues to...