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Russian human rights activist and the head of an organization campaigning against torture Aleksei Sokolov has been sentenced to five years in a high security prison colony, one year after his arrest by police outside his house in Yekaterinburg. Aleksei Sokolov was charged with robbery.

Article 19’s analysis of the Draft Code on Administrative Offences highlights the restrictive mass media regime in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Article 19 calls on the Government to ensure the Draft Code meets international freedom of expression standards.

Index on Censorship hosts a discussion on artistic ownership at the UK’s biggest literary festival.

Why is it that so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for either security or prosperity? Index on Censorship Chief Executive John Kampfner discusses his book Freedom for Sale at the UK’s biggest literary festival.

Vladimir Neklyayev, poet, author and former president of the Republic of Belarus PEN, and newspaper editor Sergei Voznyak were among scores of members of civil society groups arrested in recent days. The two men were imprisoned, accused of distributing “false information”.

Amnesty International, Article 19, and International PEN call on the Azerbaijani government to comply with the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights and immediately release imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev.

ARTICLE 19, the West African Journalists Association and other partners welcome the ECOWAS Commission’s initiative to develop a regional Protocol on the Right to Information, and to involve civil society and media associations in its drafting.

Following our year-long campaign for greater freedom of expression in Cuba, English PEN is proud to be launching a briefing paper on Cuba for journalists and other literary professionals. The document introduces some of the key issues surrounding free expression on the island, and presents facts often missed in political and travel journalism about the island.

Journalist Maziar Bahari was sentenced on 9 May 2010 by Islamic Republic of Iran in absentia – 13 years and 6 months in jail and 74 lashes. In the last few days, Iranian activists and journalists have witnessed a new wave of arrests. They are made on the eve of the first anniversary of the election in Islamic Republic of Iran.