On 2 August it was reported that Moroccan magazines Telle Qu'elle and Nichane were confiscated after publishing a survey about how Moroccan’s view...
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Iran: Maziar Bahari in court
Canadian-Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari was among over 100 protestors, activists and journalists who appeared in court in Iran on Saturday, 1 August. Index on Censorship has been campaigning for his release with Newsweek, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Maziar Bahari has not been allowed to see a lawyer since his detention on 21 June
West Bank journalist rearrested
The Palestinian intelligence service have arrested freelance journalist Mustafa Sabri in Qalqilya city north of the West Bank having only been...
Iraq revives book censorship
Iraq's Ministry of Culture has revived regulations forbidding the import of some books, prompting critics to accuse it of restoring Saddam...
Iran releases 140 political prisoners
The Iranian government has released 140 people who were being detained for their part in the unrest following the disputed election. Another 150...
Egyptian thinker threatened by Islamic extremists
Egyptian author and thinker Sayed Al-Qimni has been threatened and denounced as an apostate by Islamic organisations including Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya...
Terror group threaten Brüno star
Palestinian militant organisation, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade that was ridiculed in the new Sacha Baron Cohen film has threatened to "respond in...
Word “nakba” banned from textbook in Israel
The word nakba, Arabic for the "catastrophe" of the 1948 war, has been removed by Israel’s education ministry from a school textbook for Arab...
Jailed Egyptian poet acquitted
Egyptian poet and teacher Mounir Saeed Hanna who had previously been sentenced to three years imprisonment and a US$18,000 bail has been acquitted....
West Bank lifts ban on al-Jazeera
Al-Jazeera has resumed its broadcasts in the West Bank, after a ban on it was lifted by the Palestinian Authority. Last week's ban came after a...