Grenadian high court Judge Claire Henry ordered the liquidation, on 22 October, of the "Grenada Today" newspaper after the owners failed to reach an...
Court orders liquidation of Grenada newspaper
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Multiple arrests made in Burma
It was reported on 30 October that up to 50 people including 10 journalists, political activists and students have been arrested in Rangoon....
Croatia: Eight indicted over Pukanić murder
Investigations conducted in Croatia and Serbia have led to the indictment on 26 October of eight individuals accused of murdering Ivo Pukanić, the...
UAE: journalist fired for revealing airline safety concerns
American journalist Courtney C Radsch was fired from her post at Al Arabiya news on 5 October for uncovering breaches of safety at Emirates...
Mexican journalist receive death threats
Maria de los Ángeles González Hernández, columnist at the newspaper "El Político" has reportedly received a number of anonymous death threats by...
Canada: Sikh editor attacked by gunmen
Jagdish Grewal, founder and editor and editor of Brampton (Canada)-based newspaper "Punjabi Post" was attacked by three masked men armed with a...
Iraq inquiry: silencing witnesses
Public hearings into the Iraq war are set to begin on 24 November, the panel’s chairman Sir John Chilcot said today. But witnesses still do not know whether the evidence they give will ever make its way into the public domain, says Chris Ames
Two sides of the argument
Coincidence or serendipity? Index on Censorship has found itself oddly placed by legal developments in a long running spat between Israeli and UK...
UK: Rebuilding freedoms
The road to greater surveillance and restrictions of liberties has been paved with good intentions from both the right and left, says Matthew Ryder. As the public mood changes, it is worth keeping this in mind
Russia: Pro-Kremlin youth group sues four European papers
The pro-Kremlin youth organisation Nashi has launched a legal offensive against four European newspapers over allegations that its activists issued...