Radio Redux: Freedom on the Airwaves

We cant do without radio. However many new forms of mass communication are invented, the grandmother of them all remains indispensable. From Peru to Jordan, its radio journalists who are often the first, and the last, to defy censorship and push the boundaries. As modern technology multiplies radios reach, Index examines the medium and its messengers. Alexei Venediktov gives an exclusive interview on the secret of radio station Ekho Moskvys survival - one of the last bastions of free speech in Russia; Joe Queenan reveals why he has no time for talk radio in the US and Shirazuddin Siddiqi on the programme the Taliban couldnt ban.

PLUS Richard Norton-Taylor on the pursuit of secrecy; Marge Berer on a full-frontal cover-up; an exclusive extract from Javad Mahzadehs acclaimed novel set during the Iran-Iraq war and Martin Rowsons Stripsearch.

Index on Censorship is an award-winning magazine, devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. International in outlook, outspoken in comment, Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the worlds finest writers.

Forthcoming September 2010: Issue 39/3, Free Speech and Music

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