The legal system forces once proud newspapers to grovel when faced with pressure from religious groups, says Salil Tripathi The Statesman is one of...
India’s culture of grievance
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Wilders to be returned to Netherlands
Dutch MP Geert Wilders is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to enter the UK despite a Home Office ban. Read more here
Wilders on way to UK
Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been told he will be refused entry to Britain to attend a screening of his film Fitna, has been allowed to board his...
Philip Rizk released
Early Wednesday morning, blogger and activist Philip Rizk, who was detained after he participated in public demonstrations in support of Gaza last...
Event: Twenty years of free speech wars
In February 1989, five months after the publication of The Satanic Verses, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against its author Salman Rushdie. It...
Interview: Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a refugee from Thailand's lèse majesté laws. He spoke to Index on Censorship about the government and military's campaign...
Gaza activist detained in Egypt
German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizk was detained north of Cairo following a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the author...
Burmese journalists acquitted
Editor Khin Maung Aye and reporter Manaw Tun of Rangoon-based weekly journal News Watch have been acquitted, after being detained for over two...
Ungpakorn flees Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn, who was charged with lèse majesté in January, fled Thailand for Britain over the weekend. The charges against Bangkok-based...
The ministry and the message
The curious case of Colonel Owen McNally, and the apparent attempt to smear human rights researcher Rachel Reid (right) take place within a wider...