Don’t mention the war (or the offside rule)!
What do Jon Gaunt and Stephen Fry have in common? At first glance, nothing. But both have got in trouble for utterly innocuous references to World War II. The BBC has apologised to the Japanese Embassy...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 31/01/13
A woman who said she was raped by state security forces and the journalist who interviewed her were charged by police on 29 January in Somalia. Journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim could face four years...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 05/02/13
An unknown gunman in Denmark has shot at a prominent writer and historian who is a critic of Islam. Reports said that Lars Hedegaard was not injured. The perpetrator arrived at Hedegaard’s Copenhagen...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 07/02/13
A woman in Timbuktu says she was lashed by Islamist militants for talking to a man who wasn’t her husband. Salaka Djicke was caught talking to her lover on 31 December last year and was then sentenced...
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