Afghanistan’s ArtLords, a group of Afghan activists and artists in Kabul, has been nominated for 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full...
ArtLords Nominated For Index Awards 2019 (Tolo News, 21 January 2019)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Two Nigerian NGOs nominated for global awards (Premium Times, 15 January 2019)
Two Nigerian non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) were on Tuesday named among 15...
Azerbaijan Censured for Blackmailing Reporter With Sex Tape (Courthouse News Service, 10 January 2019)
Siding with a journalist who was secretly filmed having sex in her own home, the European Court of Human Rights fined Azerbaijan on Thursday for...
Time’s ‘Person Of The Year’ Reminds Us Journalists Face More Widespread Threats Than Ever (Huffington Post, 11 December 2018)
“The mission of journalism has never been needed as much as it is today. That’s why Rapplers have come back day after day with the best hard-hitting...
Hundreds in Derbyshire investigated for sending offensive online messages (Derbyshire Live, 5 December 2018)
Nearly 500 people have been investigated by Derbyshire police after sending offensive online messages so far this year. Read the full article
Tania Bruguera Arrested Twice in Cuban Censorship Law Protests; Threatens to Go on Hunger Strike (Frieze, 4 December 2018)
Bruguera was one of a number of artists protesting the controversial Decree 349 which critics say will censor and limit artistic freedom. Read the...
‘LABOUR CENSORS’ Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party accused of shackling the Press in damning report (The Sun, 14 November 2018)
The section on “political interference” said methods they use “can take many forms sometimes subtle (behind-the-scenes phone calls to an editor),...
Labour and SNP named in report on threats to journalists for “political interference” with media (Press Gazette, 13 November 2018)
A report on threats facing members of the press in Europe has criticised UK politicians for having “smeared journalists and media outlets critical...
Ryan McChrystal: Ireland’s blasphemy laws only encouraged countries that punish apostasy with death
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In October 2018 Ireland voted -- with a significant majority -- to amend article 40.6.1 of its constitution to...
Jodie Ginsberg: “When we treat words as weapons we ignore the fact that they have an immense power for good”
What I am concerned about is this removal of agency, this idea that simply because we hear something extreme, that we will go out and commit hateful and extremist acts
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