The social media campaign against Rod Liddle, rumoured to be made editor of the Independent, is not just illiberal, argues Hari Kunzru, it is dangerous, censorious, and inexcusable. The centre-left has damaged the culture of free speech in Britain
Corporations should be open to uninhibited public scrutiny and criticism argues Julian Petley. To prevent legal intimidation, multinationals should be treated like public authorities and prevented from silencing their critics with libel threats
Jared Malsin, news editor for a Palestinian agency, put on flight to New York reports
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Suggesting banning women from dressing how they please is deeply offensive says Jess McCabe
Editor Hrant Dink was killed on 19 January 2007. In this interview with Nouritza Matossian, published in Index on Censorship magazine shortly after his death, Dink described his commitment to free expression and reconciliation between Armenians and Turks
Barrister Louis Blom-Cooper has settled in a libel action brought against him by Birmingham six pair Hugh Callaghan and Gerry Hunter at the Dublin...
The Philippines is now one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, says David McNeill
Lord Justice Jackson’s report on civil litigation costs has endorsed the recommendations on limiting of costs put forward by Index on Censorship and...
Google’s announcement that its can no longer ignore free speech concerns in China puts other technology companies in the spotlight says Cynthia Wong
Index on Censorship today welcomed Google’s announcement that it will no longer co-operate with Chinese government’s censorship of google.cn, the company’s Chinese search engine