Iranian-Canadian journalist's supposed "confession" suggests serious human rights abuses Iranian news agency Fars reported yesterday that...
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Another victim of an archaic law
Darryn Walker has suffered unemployment and vilification for writing a pornographic story. The censorious obscenity law that allows this to happen...
Girls Aloud obscenity case dropped
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case against Darryn Walker, the civil servant who was facing trial under the Obscene Publications Act...
Anna Politkovskaya: retrial must hear new evidence
The family of the slain journalist has called for the retrial of those accused of involvement in her murder to include a comprehensive new...
Azerbaijan: Reading about God is dangerous
Azerbaijan has a new, harsher religion law and new penalties for producing, selling, circulating, importing and exporting religious literature...
Venezuela: Chávez’s war on independent media
Steps taken by the government to remove Globovisión’s free-to-air licence poses a fresh threat to the country’s independent media. Daniel Duquenal...
Iran: Maziar Bahari
Index on Censorship calls for the release of renowned Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker On Sunday (21 June), the Canadian-Iranian journalist...
Expenses scandal is a watershed for freedom of information
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames The Telegraph may –-- or may not –-- have reached the...
Vietnam: arrest of a pragmatist
Lawyer Le Cong Dinh (right) has always worked to change the system from within - which is exactly why his arrest is troubling, says Roby Alampay On...
Iran: free to tweet?
It's time to confront technology companies in the West on the role they play in censorship worldwide, says Claire Ulrich The upheaval in Iran this...