The Malaysian Home Ministry website has just published new censorship guidelines for films this week. Restrictions around profanity and displays of...
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Iranian journalists released on bail in time for New Year
In past month many Iranian journalists and bloggers have been released on bail by authorities before the start of the Iranian New Year. Those...
Australian internet censorship plans slammed by US
Plans for a mandatory ISP-level filtering system for internet users in Australia has come under attack from leading business giants such as Google,...
Berlusconi and Belarus’s dictator
Italy’s continued investment in Belarus masks the free speech abuses that plague the country’s media. Cecilia Anesi reports
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and Berlusconi’s gag has “turned into a megaphone
Chinese academic banned from travelling to America
A prominent Chinese professor at the Beijing Film Academy, has been barred from leaving China to travel to America. Cui Weiping was due to give a...
Philip Pullman on censorship and offence
Philip Pullman: No one has the right to live without being shocked
China's two faces
Kathie Wu: Chinese reaction to Google move on censorship
Michael Martin withdraws CFA motion
Former speaker Michael Martin has reportedly withdrawn a motion seeking to block reform of Conditional Fee Arrangements in libel cases. Read more...
Stephen Fry congratulates Twitter
Twitter wins the New Media Award supported by Google at the 10th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards
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IPI: Uganda ‘stifling’ independent media
The International Press Institute has accused the Ugandan government of conducting a “well-planned campaign to stifle the media” ahead of next...