The deputy director of a radio station in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland in north east Somalia has been sentenced to six years in prison...
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YouTube should let Iranians speak
The video-sharing website has wrongly barred Iranians from its documentary experiment, Life in a Day, because of US sanctions.
Negar Esfandiary reports
Holy Man libel case goes to appeal court
Nightmare on Holy Street, Part 2: His Holiness goes to the Court of Appeal.
Hardeep Singh reports
Deadly Clashes Continue in Kashmir
Protests result in the province’s bloodiest summer in many years as a new generation takes to the streets calling for independence from India. Priyanka Boghani reports
India sets BlackBerry utlimatum
The Indian government has told RIM, the Canadian manufaturers of BlackBerry mobile phones to either provide access to encryption or face a ban from...
Rwanda: UK-subsidised media repression
Following Rwanda’s election-related crackdown on the independent media, the UK is finally starting to wise up, says Lars Waldorf
US artists end Newport rap success
The YouTube sensation 'Newport State of Mind', a parody of the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song 'Empire State of Mind', has been banned. Initial reports...
Obama acts to defend US from UK libel laws
President Barack Obama has signed the SPEECH Act into US law, a move designed to protect US writers and reporters from England’s controversial defamation laws
Online protest: power to the people?
Index on Censorship’s Mike Harris took part in a discussion on the use of social media and protest at the Frontline Club on Tuesday night with Sina Motalebi of BBC Persian TV, Sunny Hundal of Liberal Conspiracy, Benjamin Chesterton of Duckrabbit, and Mexico Reporter founder Deborah Bonello
Belarus continues crackdown on opposition
The Belarusian government has continued with its crackdown on opposition groups by arresting Mikhas Bashura on charges of forgery. Bashura, who...