Index on Censorship has learned that government lawyers are attempting to submit secret evidence on the treatment of former Guantanamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed, as the Foreign Office continues to attempt to prevent the release of potentially damning information about his detention.
The Obama regime may be reaching out to Raúl Castro, but it is unlikely any real reform will emerge for ordinary Cubans, writes Ena Lucía Portela...
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's...
Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has defended a proposal to introduce new legislation on blasphemy. Read more here
The Irish government's plan to introduce blasphemy legislation may seem a retrograde step, but it is part of a broader global trend, writes Padraig...
The US government's policy of fining broadcasters over the use of swear words on live TV is justified, the Supreme Court has ruled. Read more here
French politicians have rejected a bill proposing that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the Internet....
A group of singers from the Israel Defence Forces has become embroiled in a censorship row after their performance in London was cancelled over...
Clearcast, the company that regulates television advertising on behalf of Ofcom, has requested that violent scenes be removed from an anti-domestic...
The British government has said it will not now go ahead with plans to create a cenrtal communications database. Read more here