Index on Censorship

President Barack Obama’s administration has cast free speech aside in its pursuit of file sharers and whistleblowers, says a transparency advocate.

Academics worldwide face economic and political attacks that restrict their freedom to challenge convention, says the UK-based group Index on Censorship.

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has been arrested and charged with sedition for displaying cartoons allegedly mocking the Indian Constitution.

As trial proceeds, over forty IFEX members urge the Cambodian government to drop charges facing detained rights defender and broadcaster Mam Sonando.

“The Kremlin will [soon] have at its disposal the facilities for blocking access to Internet resources across the whole of Russia,” says security services expert Andrey Soldatov.

A global deficiency in gender equality goes hand in hand with a lack of free expression, as spelled out through trends in political representation, education, and political participation, says Index on Censorship.

IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group protests government appointments at media outlets, as well as mounting attacks on journalists, writers and artists.

The Indian government banned SMS messages directed to more than five recipients and ordered ISPs to block websites held guilty of hosting highly inflammatory content on the recent violence.