Russian music journalist Artemy Troitsky has faced several defamation cases this year for his outspoken criticism of rock stars, politicians and policemen.
Elena Vlasenko reports
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Russia: Chechen human rights case programme “censored”
Elena Vlasenko reports on Russian state-owned television channel NTV’s move to censor a broadcast detailing a campaign for a fair investigation into the kidnapping and alleged torture of Chechen man Islam Umarpashaev
23 in 23: Mohammad Ismail
Islamabad Bureau Chief, Pakistan Press International - Islamabad, Pakistan - 1 November 2006 Join us in demanding justice for Mohammad Ismail, last...
Russia: Report on torture of Chechen man “censored” by state television
A 30 October report concerning the work of a Russian human rights group working in Chechnya was pulled off of the air on NTV, one of the nation’s...
Google: a case for internet regulation?
Myriam Francois-Cerrah looks at the search giant’s latest figures on government take down demands
Rightscon: “If we don’t get this right, people will be put in jail”
Rachel Greenspan reports from the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, where industry and activists met to discuss free expression online
Tunisian elections: media reform key to democracy
Tunisians flocked to voting stations yesterday in the country’s first-ever free elections, but only the cultivation of an independent media will safeguard democracy and free expression, writes Rohan Jayasekera
Occupy Wall Street – Journalists face difficulty
Alice Purkiss: Occupy Wall Street – Journalists face difficulty
Censorship and Colonel Gaddafi: How to build a dictatorship
This account of censorship by
F el-Manssoury, published in Index on Censorship magazine in 1981 in Libya is based on first-hand knowledge of the early years of President Gaddafi’s regime
Libel reform: a final push
As Parliament takes a significant step in its slow removal of the UK’s pariah status on defamation, John Kampfner describes the progress on libel reform
Libel reform campaign responds to parliamentary committee findings