Index on Censorship

Years of massive surveillance haunt Tunisians as they commemorate three years since the toppling of the police state of former dictator Zeine al Abidin Ben Ali.

An Ahmadi doctor has been put behind bars in Pakistan for ‘posing’ as a Muslim.

A localised YouTube service will be available in Pakistan. But users are far from happy.

North Korea has expanded its deletion of a few hundred online articles mentioning Jang Song Thaek, the executed uncle of Kim Jong Un, to all articles on state media up to October 2013, numbering in the tens of thousands.

IFEX members strongly condemn recent attacks on journalists during public demonstrations in Kyiv and call for those responsible to be held accountable.

Vietnam has so far this year locked up more Internet bloggers than in 2012. The Network of Vietnamese Bloggers (NVB), launched on 10 December, aims to ensure that the Vietnamese government implements its obligations and commitments to the UN Human Rights Council through actions rather than mere political statements.

Following the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determination that Vietnamese human rights lawyer Le Quoc Quan’s detention is illegal, 12 NGOs issued a joint appeal to the authorities calling for his immediate release.

Index on Censorship editor Rachael Jolley reflects on the legacy of Nelson Mandela, a man whose motivation for freedom, dignity and human rights was instrumental in overthrowing apartheid in South Africa.es.