Questions about the security of India’s giant biometric database continue to be raised by privacy advocates, Mahima Kaul reports
Controversy surrounds India’s biometric database
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CATEGORY: Politics and Society
Egpyt: Journalists denied justice again
The trial of three journalists working for the Al Jazeera English Channel (AJE) was adjourned on Thursday until April 22, Shahira Amin reports
Cambridge University Press is afraid of the Russians
A recent study of Vladimir Putin’s gangster tendencies has been suppressed: not by the Kremlin, but by a UK academic publisher living in fear of England’s libel laws, writes Padraig Reidy
Pakistan: Journalists urged to unite for protection
In the sixth attack on Express Media employees unknown assailants threw a hand grenade at the gate of Express News bureau chief’s house. Though no one was injured in Sunday’s incident, it highlights the dangers for Pakistan’s journalists, Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Australia debates repeal of parts of racial discrimination act
Recent moves to repeal sections of Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act have sparked public debate and anger on both sides of the political divide, Helen Clark reports
The bill that helps British ministers break the law
The British government is making it easier for those in power to break the law – and it’s using a fantasy about left-wing pressure groups to justify it, Alex Stevenson reports
Corruption and suppression: Adaptation based on a true story
Playwright and author Meltem Arikan guides you on an exploration of a corruption scandal enveloping a country, by imagining the UK as Turkey
Declinism and moral panic in Britain
Padraig Reidy argues that there is a downside to the justified urge to uphold the immaculate status of the child; it comes in the form of the ever-returning moral panic.
Denmark: Kurdish broadcaster vows to appeal to ECHR
Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV has lost another battle in its long and controversial fight to stay on air, writes Georgia Hussey.
Egypt: Bassem Yousef steps away from journalism after plagiarism
Dr Bassem Youssef, the former heart surgeon and Egyptian TV presenter likened to Jon Stewart, has declared he is taking extended time off from journalism, after an anti-semitism and plagiarism row swept through Egypt. Alastair Sloan reports