Just before my last trip to Chechnya in mid-September my colleagues at Novaya gazeta began receiving threats and were told to pass on the message: I...
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Global Witness beats gag attempt
NGO Global Witness struck a blow against an attempt to use privacy laws to stifle investigation yesterday, when a London court blocked an attempt to...
Extreme ignorance
While British newspapers were harrumphing about the Australian government banning Aboriginals from accessing pornography, they signally failed to...
Talk nice and behave yourself for the good of others
What was initially billed as a celebration of the importance of religious and cultural tolerance and understanding turned into something a bit...
The corrosive evil of a forgotten war
Anna Politkovskaya talks to Rohan Jayasekera of Index on Censorship