Index on Censorship

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING HAS BECOME ONE OF JOURNALISM'S MOST DANGEROUS BEATS

RESTRICTIONS ON THE MEDIA IN NORTHERN CYPRUS ARE INCREASING AS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND MOVES CLOSER TO MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

SO WHAT EXACTLY MAKES IRAN PART OF THE FAMOUS 'AXIS'?

IRAQIS WELCOME LIBERATION FROM THE EXCESSES OF THEIR REGIME, BUT ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE EXIGENCIES OF SURVIVAL

IRAN HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE HEADY AND DANGEROUS DAYS OF ITS ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

THE BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE IS FOUGHT OUT THROUGH THE VIGOROUS AND VARIED DAILY PRESS

THE KURDS OF IRAQ, IRAN AND TURKEY AWAIT THE US ATTACK ON IRAQ WITH A MIXTURE OF HOPE AND TREPIDATION

ECONOMIC INCOMPETENCE, INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION AND CLIMATIC EXTREMES HAVE REDUCED NORTH KOREA TO ENDEMIC FAMINE - BUT DONE NOTHING TO CHECK ITS NUCLEAR AMBITION

AS IN THE US FILM 'THE TRUMAN SHOW', PYONGYANG SEEMS TO BE A CITY POPULATED BY EXTRAS. A JAPANESE REPORTER DESCRIBES A VISIT TO THE NORTH KOREAN CAPITAL

ONE-TIME ROGUE STATE SUPREME, CUBA IS TRYING TO TIGHTEN ITS GRIP ON DISSENT WITHOUT SCANDALISING THE WORLD OR ALIENATING THE TOURISTS

A RELEASED 'TERRORIST' RECOUNTS THE GUANTÁNAMO BAY EXPERIENCE

THE RESOLUTION OF MOSCOW'S THEATRE SIEGE SHOWED AS LITTLE CONCERN FOR THE HOSTAGES AS FOR THE CHECHEN 'TERRORISTS'

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DECISION TO VETO REPRESSIVE MEDIA LEGISLATION PASSED BY PARLIAMENT AS A PART OF THE STATE'S WAR ON 'CHECHEN TERRORISM' DOES NOTHING TO REVERSE THE STEADY DECLINE IN THE RIGHTS OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ACROSS RUSSIA

FROM BEING A RELATIVELY SIMPLE PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVOUR, THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID HAS BECOME AN ETHICAL AND LEGAL MINEFIELD THROUGH WHICH DONORS AND AGENCIES MUST WEAVE A PRECARIOUS PATH

JOURNALISTS FIND THEMSELVES ACTIVE PARTNERS IN FORGING PEACE AS WELL AS WAR

THERE IS NOTHING REMOTELY 'NORMAL' ABOUT SOUTHERN AFRICA'S LATEST FAMINE, AND NORMAL SOLUTIONS DO NOT APPLY

POST-CONFLICT AID IS BEST DEPLOYED IN SUPPORTING EXISTING CIVIC AND DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVES

INTERVENTION BY THE WEST ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS SEEKS TO REFASHIONTHE WORLD IN ITS OWN IMAGE

BY OPTING FOR A RIGHTS-BASED SOLUTION TO THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID, RELIEF WORKERS HAVE COMPOUNDED THEIR DILEMMA