Index on Censorship is proud to announce that the executive editor of Rappler.com Maria Ressa and actor Khalid Abdalla will join a panel of judges to select the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship winners.
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New report and guide on free speech in UK universities published
A narrative of safety and risk is hampering freedom of speech on UK university campuses, a new Index report has found.
Von Beleidigung bis Mord (Die Welt, 13 November 2018)
Politische Parteien fühlen sich ungern von den Medien an die Wand gedrängt, die italienische Regierungspartei Fünf Sterne ist keine Ausnahme. Ihre...
New report details state of media freedom in EU
Index on Censorship has released a new report detailing the state of media freedom in 35 European countries in the past four years. Threats include being burned in effigy, insulted, menaced, spat at, threatened with death and rape. There have been assassinations, lawsuits, and assaults.
Index on Censorship begins accepting donations in digital currency
Index on Censorship, one of the world’s leading freedom of expression organisations, is to start taking donations in digital currency.
Cuban artists celebrate “triumph for activism” as they pick up Index award
After a seven month wait to get a UK visa, Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcàntara and Yanelys Nuñez Levya receive their Index on Censorship arts award.
Let’s not nanny British adults by censoring cartoons on beers
Index on Censorship is standing with our free speech friends at Flying Dog Brewery who’ve just been told by a UK drinks marketing body they should stop selling one of the beers because the artwork might encourage “immoderate” drinking.
Award-winning Cuban artists visiting the UK
Dates available for interview: October 17-29 LONDON - Two award-winning artists twice denied visas by the UK government this year finally arrive in...
UK overturns decision to refuse visas to award-winning Cuban artists
The UK has overturned a decision to refuse visas to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency in Britain.
Award-winning Cuban artists denied UK visas
The UK has refused visas for a second time to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency.
Press releases from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression