We, the undersigned hereby call for the immediate and unconditional release of the renowned photographer, artist, teacher, curator and human rights activist Shahidul Alam.
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Bahraini government must immediately release Nabeel Rajab
Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
A permanent state of emergency by any name is no substitute for respecting human rights
Index on Censorship joins call for Turkey’s government to end the state of emergency by withdrawing recently passed legislation that replicates many of the state of emergency’s special provisions
“I am writing to ask Your Majesty to help me save the life of my 70-year-old father”
As Ali Mushaima enters the 4th week of his hunger strike to save his imprisoned father, Hassan Mushaima, he writes a letter to Queen Elizabeth, urging her to intervene on behalf of his father to ensure that his basic needs are met.
Bahrain must allow medical care for all prisoners of conscience
Index on Censorship joins call for Bahrain’s government to address denial of medical care to Hassan Mushaima
UN declares Nabeel Rajab’s imprisonment unlawful, warns arbitrary detention in Bahrain may amount to “crimes against humanity”
It finds that Rajab should never have been prosecuted and that Bahraini authorities employed “vague and overly broad” legal provisions to target him for his “political views and convictions”
Bangladesh: Shahidul Alam should be released and the allegations against him dropped
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On 6 August 2018, Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam was arrested and detained for allegedly “making...
Reading broadens the mind: Send a bookbasher a book
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Saturday, thugs damaged displays and threatened staff at a bookshop in London. At Index on Censorship, we...
Alex Jones, Infowars and the internet
Index believes that all speech – eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative and even bigoted – should be protected unless it directly incites violence.
Hungary’s deteriorating press and media freedom
The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression