The autumn 2019 Index on Censorship magazine examines how border officials are demanding access to individuals’ social media accounts at frontiers around the world.
Playlist: Beats and borders
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Lewis Jennings
Lewis Jennings is editorial assistant at Index on Censorship. He is the 2018 recipient of the Tim Hetherington fellowship.
Podcast: Border forces with Peppermint, Ariana Drehsler and Steven Borowiec
The autumn Index on Censorship magazine podcast with Peppermint, Ariana Drehsler and Steven Borowiec exploring how travel restrictions at borders are limiting the flow of free thought and ideas
Podcast: Judged with Xinran, Stefano Pozzebon and Steven Levitsky
Summer podcast with Xinran, Stefano Pozzebon and Steven Levitsky exploring how governments use power to undermine justice and freedom.
Contents: Judged: How governments use power to undermine justice and freedom
The summer 2019 edition of Index on Censorship magazine looks at how governments use power to undermine justice and freedom
Exploring queer identity in Brazil
It should come as no surprise that, when opening an exhibition exploring queer identity, there will be critics.
Serbian protesters voice their dissent against president’s authoritarian drift
Every Saturday, for the past five months, thousands of people have gathered on the streets of Serbian capital Belgrade to voice their dissent against President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarian tendencies and increasing control over the country’s media.
Talking censorship at the University of Essex
Trevor Phillips, chair of Index on Censorship, talked about censorship as part of the Essex Book Festival.
Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners’ Roundtable
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
Podcast: Is there a global crisis for local newspapers?
Spring podcast with Karoline Kan, Ian Murray and Sinead Corr exploring the future of local news.
Birth, marriage and death: Confronting taboos at Index winter magazine launch
“I found it empowering to be told I couldn’t talk about something,” said Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period on the topic of period taboos at the launch of the winter Index on Censorship magazine
Mapping Media Freedom: “Journalism has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Today journalism has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world,” said Frane Maroevic, director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at a panel discussion for the...
Cuban artist protests Decree 349 as Miss Bienal in Trafalgar Square
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban artist, and co-founder of award-winning Museum of Dissidence performs in Trafalgar Square on 26 October