Russian authorities have been criticised for giving permission to a sports car federation to hold an event in Triumfalnaya Square, St Petersburg, on...
Russia: Freedom of expression versus car racing
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Congo: Television and radio stations silenced for 48 hours
Three opposition radio and television stations were silenced for 48 hours on 26 July without a reason by a commando unit of five men in Kinshasa,...
YouTube and online libraries banned in Russian city
A ruling to ban YouTube and three online libraries in the Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur will be enforced on 3 August. The video-sharing website...
Turks march against government censorship of the Internet
Web users have stepped away from their keyboards and on to the streets in Istanbul. Yaman Akdeniz reports
Ivory Coast: Nouveau Courrier journalists to be released
Three journalists who were arrested after they published an official government document on corruption were due to be released yesterday. The...
Malaysia: protesters convicted for cow’s head rally
On 27 July, a Selangor court imprisoned a man for a week and fined 11 others after they protested against the construction of a Hindu temple with a...
Pakistan: Permanent Facebook ban sought
The Chairman of Pakistan’s Judicial Activism Panel, Azhar Siddique, has appealed to the Lahore High Court to permanently ban Facebook. The petition...
Burmese Arts Festival fundraiser
Join Index on Censorship on 30 July for an evening of Burmese culture, with exclusive excerpts of new Zarganar film This Prison Where I Live
US Congress passes libel tourism bill
The US Congress has approved a bill aimed at protecting US writers from libel tourists using English courts to pursue defamation claims. The SPEECH (Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage) Act now goes to President Obama to be signed into law.
Watch Congressman Steve Cohen speak on the bill:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1wjBFIl66w
UK: First libel supreme court hearing
The first libel case in the new Supreme Court, Joseph v Spiller was heard on 26-27 July. The case concerns Motown tribute act, the Gillettes, who...