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Index on Censorship
Letter to MSPs on Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Bill
The decision to withdraw amendments on freedom of expression at the eleventh hour will have a chilling effect
Index raises concerns over UK Freedom of Information
We join media freedom organisations, editors and broadcasters in calling for an urgent review of right-to-know legislation
Index calls on US Department of Justice to drop Julian Assange appeal
We join 23 press freedom, civil liberties, and human rights organisations in call to drop case against WikiLeaks founder
International Day of Solidarity with Belarus
Index and 16 other organisations call for all imprisoned journalists to be immediately released
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate de-arrest of photographer Andy Aitchison
Photographer covering conditions at a Kent asylum centre has had his equipment confiscated
Covid-19 and its challenges for journalists (Monocle)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship Head of Content explained the problems the Covid-19 pandemic has placed on journalists for the French magazine Monocole. In the podcast "The Stack", run by Monocle, Steinfeld said that the...
New legislation could see universities forced to protect freedom of speech (Daily Express)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship CEO Ruth Smeeth added her thoughts to proposed legislation to protect free speech in UK universities. The legislation known as the Freedom of Speech (Universities) Bill 2019-21, proposed by...
How Covid-19 has provided cover for the silencing of journalists (The Times)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global Covid-19 pandemic has been the root cause of some of the most concerning and frightening attacks on journalists worldwide. For The Times' Red Box, Index's Head of Content Jemimah Steinfeld laid out why...
Two countries, one system: why we must drop the pretence
The arrest of more than 50 people involved in last year’s pro-democracy primaries means no-one in Hong Kong is safe, write Mark Frary and Benjamin Lynch
A win for Assange, but not for free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the USA to stand trial for charges of espionage came as welcome relief to Assange’s family and supporters. However, he remains detained...
The declining state of freedoms in Poland and Slovenia
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="115932" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]As part of the launch of the new Index on Censorship magazine, which looks at the underreported stories of the last...