Governments and the EU must take a stronger stand for media freedom, a new Index report on media freedom in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine argues
Index on Censorship
Russia: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 21 incidents in Russia in October 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
This Week at Index: Arrest heralds new hopes for justice
Restrictions on the media were once something seen as a problem for other countries but now these concerns are front and centre in the UK, Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg said this week
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 3 incidents in Azerbaijan in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Ukraine: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 9 incidents in Ukraine in October 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Belarus: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 6 incidents in Belarus in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Turkey: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 10 incidents in Turkey in October 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
This Week at Index: Calls for immediate release of re-arrested author
Restrictions on the media were once something seen as a problem for other countries but now these concerns are front and centre in the UK, Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg said this week
Index calls the re-arrest of novelist Ahmet Altan “arbitrary and cruel”
Turkish authorities re-arrested the internationally known Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan just one week after his release from more than three years in...
Police transgender rules breach right to free speech, court told (The Guardian)
Official police guidance on recording hate incidents against transgender people imposes a “substantial chilling effect” on freedom of expression, the high court has been told by lawyers representing a former officer.
Tories ban the Mirror from Boris Johnson’s general election battle bus (The Mirror)
The Conservative Party yesterday banned the Daily Mirror from travelling on the party’s battle bus.
Trans women aren’t women, Maya Forstater tells employment tribunal (The Times)
A tax avoidance researcher who claims that she lost a job at a think tank for tweeting her views on trans people told an employment tribunal yesterday that “there is one sex or the other”.