Press freedom groups have urged Russian authorities to stop harassing journalists covering ongoing political protests in Moscow, which have seen...
Index on Censorship
Urgent appeal in relation to the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore, Nigerian journalist and human rights defender
48 human rights and press freedom organisations have lodged an urgent appeal in relation to the arrest and arbitrary detention of Nigerian journalist and human rights defender Omoyele Sowore
This week at Index: Free Speech Is For Me
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The freedom to speak, the freedom to tweet, the freedom to troll?
16 years ago Facebook arrived on the scene followed shortly by Twitter. We thought it was going to open up pleasant social discourse. How wrong we were.
Organisations call on Russia to end targeting of journalists covering Moscow protests
A coalition of eight media freedom and journalists’ organisations are calling on Russian authorities to immediately stop the harassment of journalists who have been covering the recent protests in Moscow.
New free speech campaign to train up advocates in UK and US
Index on Censorship, one of the world’s leading freedom of expression groups, wants to reverse the trend of free speech being pitted against advocacy for social change.
Turkey: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 29 incidents in Turkey in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Indies win funding to mark The Testaments publication day (Bookseller)
Vintage, in partnership with Index on Censorship, joined forces earlier this year to fund the best ideas for publication events. Winners Red Lion...
The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen (The Economist, 19 August 2019)
Frequent visitors to the skatepark on London’s South Bank may have noticed two new works of art among the decades-old graffiti. Both spray-painted...
The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen (Economist)
Using stencils and spray paint, Murad Subay creates haunting figures, portraits and motifs. Read the full article.
Groups troubled by appointment of Lord Carlile as Prevent reviewer
Lord Carlile’s close ties with and publicly declared support for the Prevent strategy undermine the integrity and credibility of the review.
Appointment of ‘biased’ Carlile to Prevent review ‘shatters its credibility’ (Observer)
Lord Carlile told parliament he was ‘somewhat biased’ towards controversial anti-terror programme, undermining his position, rights groups say. Read...