Emily Badger: US Science center settles First Amendment suit over intelligent design
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Lukashenko’s Soviet mercenaries
Belarus is Europe’s last dictatorship. Andrej Dynko explains how the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko retains his tight grip on power
Wikileaks whistleblowers need care as well as attention
Rohan Jayasekera: Wikileaks whistleblowers need care as well as attention
Index on Censorship response to Wikileaks cables release
Index on Censorship regrets the publication of over 250,000 unredacted US embassy cables by whistleblower site Wikileaks
Missouri judge blocks social media law aimed at teachers
Emily Badger: Missouri judge blocks social media law aimed at teachers
Local authorities use libel laws to silence criticism
Local authorities in the UK use the uncertainty around England’s archaic libel law to silence criticism of their actions.
Michael Harris reports
Jerusalem Post fires columnist for blog post
Dimi Reider: Jerusalem Post fires columnist for blog post
Courts and controversy
The UK press may show more restraint in reporting of high-profile cases if contempt laws are vigorously enforced, says
Brian Cathcart
Discussing the web and democracy at the European Forum
John Kampfner: Discussing the web and democracy at the European Forum
South Korea adds 2,600 songs to music blacklist
It's not only China that's working on a musical blacklist. Over 2,600 songs have been banned in the past two years in South Korea after being...