An appeals court has overturned an 18-year prison sentence handed out to activist Daranee Charnchoengsilapakul. The activist, better known as Da...
Thailand: Court overturns 18 year sentence in free speech case
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Journalists attacked covering anti-government rallies in Yemen
Journalists covering the anti-government protests in Yemen have come under attack from the police and pro-government supporters. Many were...
Yemen’s leader hopes brutality will scare protesters
President Saleh is walking a fine line — using violence to disperse peaceful protests works until civilian deaths make international news. Iona Craig reports
Shadow of the fatwa
It is 22 years since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death sentence against the author Salman Rushdie. The author’s critics lost the Satanic Verses battle but won the war against free speech, argues Kenan Malik
“I am on the people’s side, not the regime’s”
Shahira Amin, the number two at Nile television, explains why she resigned from Egyptian state television
Egypt: Protesters move from euphoria to fury
Anger in Tahir Square as President Mubarak refuses to stand down, Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil reports
Burma: Senior reporter jailed for 13 years
Maung Maung Zeya, a senior photo and video journalist for the Democratic Voice of Burma has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He had led a team...
Hungary’s leading daily newspaper challenges media law
Hungary's largest circulation daily newspaper, Nepszabadsag, is challenging the controversial new media law in the country's Constitutional Court....
Ivory Coast: Death threats to journalists
Two reporters have received death threats from people believed to be members of pro-Gbago militias, while one was threatened for being pro-Gbago....
Circumventing censorship via small media
Amidst the hype over “Twitter revolutions”, have we forgotten the crucial role played by small media? To examine these crucial organising tools, the Small Media Initiative is partnering with Index on Censorship to create the Small Media Symposium 2011. Klara Chlupata reports