From the love poems of Ovid to Michelangelo’s painted nudes in the Sistine Chapel, art censorship has a long history. Yet today’s censorship is taking some new forms. As Instagram has become one of the…
All around the world, the local news organizations that report on municipal and regional governments are in decline. In the first installment of a special series with the Index on Censorship magazine, a look at…
An appeals court in Azerbaijan has upheld a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a prominent journalist who had reported on the business interests of President Ilam Aliyev's family. The Baku Court of Appeal rejected Khadija Ismayilova’s…
One of Spain's largest and most prestigious newspapers has dismissed an opinion columnist after he criticized the the publication for stifling criticism of the government and business interests in order to protect its balance sheet.…
Six journalists and activists working for an independent news service were detained for several hours by Vietnamese police after airing news videos about human rights violations. The journalists, who work for the newly-launched independent news service Luong…
A Chinese business journalist has appeared on state television to make an on-air "confession" for reporting that authorities have blamed for accelerating the drop in the Chinese stock market. Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for Beijing-based…
Turkey has blocked access to social media sites Twitter and YouTube after users published online photos of Marxist militants aiming a gun at a hostage who was later killed in a shootout with police last…
India's government is attempting to suppress the distribution of a documentary about a high-profile 2012 gang rape and murder jointly produced by the BBC and an Indian television network, arguing the video encourages sexual violence…
Our focus this week is on China and the restrictions it places on the media inside the country, and how it affects not only journalists but Internet users. From the Great Firewall to denying visas…
An American and a Chinese reporter have different views on the future of journalism in China China isn't an easy place to be a reporter. There is Internet censorship, pressure from security services and certain…
