Category - censorship

East Timor urged to drop prosecution of newspaper and editor

agency reporter — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:21:24 +0000

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) has called on East Timor's prosecutor-general to drop criminal defamation charges against local weekly Tempo Semanal and its editor, Jose Belo.

Outrage at free speech clamp on Pope's Australia visit

staff writers — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:33:53 +0100

Civil libertarians are infuriated at special regulations coming into force for the upcoming Catholic World Youth Day event in Sydney, Australia, where Pope Benedict XVI will be the guest of honour.

Indonesian churches criticise far-right anti-Muslim film

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:05:43 +0000

The Council of Churches in Indonesia has joined calls for a controversial Dutch film about Islam made by far-right politician Geert Wilders not to be shown. In the past he called for the Qur'an to be banned.

Defending Jesus in ways that undermine the Gospel

Johan Maurer — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:46:07 +0100

Jesus forgave those who spoke against him, says Johan Maurer. But the churches find it difficult to follow in his footsteps, and instead seek restitution when they are offended. We need a more Christian way of responding.

Kenyan church leaders tell government not to muzzle media

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:44:51 +0100

Church leaders in Kenya have urged President Mwai Kibaki to reject proposed legislation regarding the media, which the country's Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Wangari Maathai, has said would curtail press freedom.

Attempt to revive Jerry Springer The Opera prosecution

staff writers — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:19:37 +0100

The maverick Christian campaigner Stephen Green has won a legal challenge to a magistrate’s decision not to grant a private blasphemy prosecution against Jerry Springer The Opera. But the ultimate casualty of this could be the archaic blasphemy law itself.