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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Condemn Myanmar’s attacks on press freedom – but look closer to home too (The Guardian, 4 September 2018)
We must loudly defend the two jailed Reuters reporters, and all the other victims of assaults on the media. Read the full article.
From Hong Kong with love: the threatening letters being delivered to UK mailboxes (New Statesman, 4 September 2018)
"I am writing to give you a quick update about your neighbour the Sanctimonious Benedict Rogers and his futile attempt to destabilise Hong...
Your elementary school kids should read these books before they’re banned (Washington Examiner, 2 September 2018)
Literacy has many positive effects, not the least of which is knowing how to read. A good book not only transports a child (or adult) to another...
Books from left-wing shop sent to UKIP’s Martin Costello (Swindon Advertiser, 12 August 2018)
Campaigners from Index on Censorship have sent books from left-wing bookshop Bookmarks to three UKIP members involved in a protest there at the...
Globally renowned twenty-four organisations signed petition for releasing Shahidul Alam (Daily Star, 11 August 2018)
To convey the support for Shahidul Alam, the detained photojournalist and activist, Index on Censorship and twenty-three other globally...
Ukip members sent ‘mind-broadening’ reading after bookshop attack (Guardian, 9 August 2018)
Index on Censorship gives books promoting tolerance to two men suspended from party after attack on Bookmarks in London. Read the full article.
Bookmarks attackers sent books to help ‘broaden their minds’ (Bookseller, 9 August 2018)
Index on Censorship is sending political party UKIP a bundle of books, including The Handmaid's Tale and a copy of the Quran, in the hope it will...
Count Dankula: Man who taught pug to do Nazi salute has appeal refused (Independent, 8 August 2018)
Independent cites Index on Censorship in its coverage of the rejection of Mark Meechan's appeal. Read the full article.
What is drill music and why is it linked to violent crime in London? (Metro, 8 August, 2018)
Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the campaign group Index on Censorship, tells Metro: "Banning a kind of music is not the way to handle ideas or...
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