On 26 July 2019, Turkey’s highest court brought new hope to Turkish academics when it ruled that ten educators who had signed the petition “We will not be a Party to This Crime!” (Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız) had been tried unfairly and in violation of their rights.
Sophia Paley
China seeks to influence academic freedom on foreign campuses
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/b21faoXVpM4"][vc_column_text]“Students in the United States must be free to express their views,...
Pakistan’s media forced into self-censorship
Pakistan’s journalists have faced harassment and interference, pressure on media owners is common, and the government has taken to interrupting the distribution of news it dislikes.
Banned Books Week: Book burner to stand trial in Iowa
Paul Dorr, a director of a Christian organisation, is set to stand trial for burning books he checked out of the Orange City library in Iowa
Andrew Graham-Yooll on Argentina
Andrew Graham-Yooll served as editor for the Index on Censorship magazine from 1989-1994. To honour his memory, Index features some highlights of his writing for the magazine about his home country Argentina
Edward Snowden: “People think of 2013 as a surveillance story, but it was really a democracy story”
Open Rights Group’s OrgCon 2019 explored privacy and surveillance online.