Index on Censorship

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.

Leading up to the 10 October, 2012 appeal, tell the Russian authorities to release Russian punk band Pussy Riot members who were found guilty of “hooliganism,” and sentenced to two years in jail.

Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail for “hooliganism”, in a case IFEX members say is a blow to free expression in Russia.

Although only 10 per cent of India’s population is online, a divisive national debate over Internet freedom has implications for the country’s economic and political growth, says Index on Censorship.

A group of 46 human rights organisations led by IFEX calls on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists.

Index on Censorship explains how the Chinese authorities censor domestic sites and how they censor the web outside China.

As Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly prepares to review a draft Constitution, the IFEX-TMG expresses its concern about a draft proposal to regulate the media, as well as prison sentences for religious reasons.

In an open letter to the foreign secretary, rights organisations point to the intimidation campaign against peaceful political activists.