Freedom in the World 2009

This morning, Freedom House released its annual Freedom in the World index with the headline that freedom has “retreated for a third year.” As part of the event, panelists Thomas Carothers, Larry Diamond, Jackson Diehl and Joshua Muravchik debated the regional implications of this global trend and the possible applications of Freedom House’s findings to…

UK Police Seize Server from Media Group

Our previous coverage of media harassment in Great Britain focused on a prickly billionaire’s aggressive use libel laws. This time, British police have seized a Web server of indymedia.org.uk because they failed to disclose personal information on a reader who posted a comment on the left-leaning media site. The progression is a little complicated: Earlier…