As Wikipedia and other websites begin blackout to protest against US anti-piracy laws, Index and the international human rights community speak out on PROTECT IP Act
Why is Wikipedia down?
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Emily Butselaar
Take action to end impunity: Wadallah Sarhan
MURDERED NOVEMBER 2004 Wadallah Sarhan, Editor-in-Chief, Akhbar Al-Mosul --- Mosul,Iraq Join us in demanding justice for Wadallah Sarhan, gunned down in November 2004 by assailants near his home, which doubled as the newspaper's office, according...
Take action to end impunity: Carlos Alberto Guajardo Romero
MURDERED 5 NOVEMBER 2008 Reporter, "Expreso Matamoros", Matamoros, Mexico Join us in demanding justice Carlos Alberto Guajardo Romero, the 37-year-old left home to cover a confrontation between military forces and drug traffickers in Matamoros on 5...
PAST EVENT: Is nothing sacred? Art, controversy and causing offence
5 October: Magazine Launch: Is nothing sacred? Art, controversy and causing offence
RBS pulls out of Belarus after Index campaign
RBS is no longer Belarus’s broker — the bank has announced that it will no longer work on behalf of the government of Belarus after an Index on Censorship and
Free Belarus Now campaign
Benefits test company threatens critics with libel action
Users of an online carers forum are devastated after their site is closed following threats of legal action. Emily Butselaar reports on a worrying instance of internet censorship
The future of the World Service
Jo Glanville: The future of the World Service
Fleeing Belarus
Journalist Natalia Radzina, who was beaten and imprisoned following last year’s disputed election, explains why she fled Belarus seeking political asylum
PAST EVENT: 28 July: Index on Censorship and Project Phakarma workshop at Platform Festival
28 July: Index on Censorship at Platform Festival
Let’s take back the internet! Rebecca MacKinnon at TED
Emily Butselaar: Let’s take back the internet! Rebecca MacKinnon at TED
Lord Macdonald and his role as Index trustee
In response to reports about his role in advising the News Corporation board, Lord Macdonald, a trustee of Index on Censorship, comments: In connection with the police investigation into phone hacking, News International has been conducting a trawl...
PAST EVENT: 8 July: Ways With Words at Dartington
8 July: Ways With Words at Dartington