Index on Censorship will bring some of Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan’s foremost journalists and digital freedom advocates to Brussels. Join us to hear what has been happening on the frontlines in the Black Sea region and to consider what we should learn from these experiences?
Join Index on Censorship Magazine at Leeds Big Bookend Festival to debate whether it is acceptable for governments and others to withhold information from the public during a conflict or war.
As part of its effort to map media freedom in Europe, Index on Censorship's regional correspondents are monitoring media across the continent. Here are incidents that they have been following. AUSTRIA Police block journalists' access to protest...
Index reiterates its concern at the ruling on the so-called “right to be forgotten” and its implications for free speech and access to information. Index urges the court to put a stay on its ruling while it pursues a regulatory framework that will...
Man from the state of Goa posted in a popular Facebook group that if Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister, a holocaust “as it happened in Gujarat”, would follow, writes Shuriah Niazi
Inspired by the special report on war and propaganda in the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine, we hosted a debate about what happens to the truth during war and conflicts
Index on Censorship, (London, United Kingdom) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, (Rovereto, Italy) have launched mediafreedom.ushahidi.com, a website that will enable the reporting and mapping of media freedom violations across the 28 EU countries...
On 12 May 2014, the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression: Online and Offline (Guidelines). The initiative to adopt the Guidelines, which provide “political and operational guidance” to EU...
Tuesday’s ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said that internet search engine operators must remove links to articles found to be outdated or irrelevant at the request of individuals. Index on Censorship's CEO Jodie...
Today’s decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union violates the fundamental principles of freedom of expression. The court’s ruling means that, under certain circumstances, information can be removed from search engine results even if...
Index on Censorship is calling on the Rt Hon Theresa May MP to launch an urgent investigation into why Cambridgeshire Police visited the home of a Twitter user, demanding him to remove a tweet about a political party despite the fact he had committed no crime
As Europe prepared for the anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s demolition in November 2014, Index on Censorship looked at how the continent had changed. Author Irena Maryniak explored the idea of a new divide that had formed further east. Polish journalist Konstanty Gebert looked at how Poland’s media came out from the underground and lost its voice. Award-winning German writer Regula Venske showed how Germany tackled its identity issues through crime fiction; and Helen Womack reported from Moscow on the fears of a new Cold War. We also gave voice to “Generation Wall” – the young people who had grown up in a free eastern Europe.