In Morocco blogger, El Bachir Hazzam, has been given a four-month sentence on a charge of "spreading false information about human rights that...
Moroccan blogger and internet cafe owner jailed
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Twitter targetted by pro-Iranian hackers
Social networking website Twitter, along with the pro-opposition website mowjcamp.org, has been targeted by a group of pro-government hackers...
UK: MPs take on CIA over rendition secrets
A group of MPs has launched legal action against the CIA in a landmark legal case in the United States in an attempt to force the authorities there...
BBC condemned for pulling “pregnant nun” ballet
The BBC has come under fire for pulling sections of the Sergei Diaghilev ballet from its Christmas television schedule after discovering it featured...
Libel: BBC concedes to Trafigura
Index on Censorship and English PEN today have expressed dismay that the BBC has conceded the libel action brought by toxic waste shippers Trafigura in the High Court
Libel: BBC backs down on Trafigura report
The BBC has today withdrawn claims made on flagship news programme Newsnight that oil-trading company Trafigura caused deaths in the Ivory Coast...
Keeping it secret
Barack Obama’s promise to break with secrecy has been short-lived, says Melissa Goodman, in an exclusive article for Index on Censorship’s review of 2009
Uganda: the “anti-human rights bill”
The proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda threatens free expression not only for the gay community, but for all says Risdel Kasasira
Iran: protesters arrested over torn Khomeini picture
Several people have been arrested in Tehran over the tearing up of a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during anti-government demonstrations...
China: personal domain names banned
China has banned individuals from registering internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal websites in the toughest...