CATEGORY: Index in the Press

When Andrew came to visit us in the past few years at the offices of Index on Censorship magazine, he was always full of jokes and stories. But he didn’t tend to tell us about the struggles of the past, unless we prompted him to do so.

Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg appears on the British Library's podcast Anything But Silent to discuss forbidden books and the joys of being able to read whatever you want. Listen now.

During the dark days of the military dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s, there was only one newspaper that dared to publish the names of the “disappeared” – let alone to put them every day on the front page, as Andrew Graham-Yooll did as news...

Neil Basu was wrong to threaten journalists who publish leaked information. The Metropolitan Police’s Assistant Commissioner – who said on Friday that those who did so could face criminal charges – was wrong, not just because his comments risk...

Andrew Graham-Yooll, the British-Argentine journalist who has died aged 75, was a star reporter for the Buenos Aires Herald during the “Dirty War” of the 1970s until he angered the military junta and narrowly escaped death by fleeing to Britain....

Editors, ministers and lawyers have criticised the Metropolitan Police for encroaching on press freedom by warning journalists they could face prosecution for publishing leaked government documents. Read the full article.

Editors, ministers and lawyers have criticised the Metropolitan Police for encroaching on press freedom by warning journalists they could face prosecution for publishing leaked government documents. Read the full article.

When plainclothes policemen came to the Buenos Aires Herald's office brandishing machine guns, the newspaper's staff knew they were coming. It was 22 October 1975 and the police were looking for the small Argentine newspaper's news editor, Andrew...

Russia’s RT and Sputnik Networks were the only two media organisations to be banned from the Media Freedom Conference taking place in London this week because of their “active role in spreading disinformation” according to British foreign secretary...

International press freedom and human rights organisations raise Daphne Caruana Galizia case at global media conference in London. Read the full article.