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CATEGORY: Statements
Doughty Street Chambers: Egypt’s arbitrary detention of Amal Fathy clear violation of her rights
Leading human rights lawyers from Doughty Street Chambers have submitted a new complaint to the United Nations regarding Egypt’s treatment of Amal Fathy, the detained wife of a co-founder of the award-winning human rights group the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF).
The EU must take a strong stand on media freedom and human rights in Azerbaijan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship welcomes a European Parliament recommendation for the EU to ensure that Azerbaijan frees its political prisoners before the negotiations on a new deal between the EU and Azerbaijan are...
Angola: Index welcomes acquittal of Rafael Marques de Morais
Index on Censorship welcomes the decision to acquit Angolan journalist and winner of the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism, Rafael Marques de Morais, along with Mariano Brás Lourenço, of defamation and slander
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly appoints rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a joint statement in June, 42 civil society organisations, including Index on Censorship, called on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to appoint a rapporteur to examine the issue of political...
Belarus Free Theatre students arrested over LGBTQ+ art installation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Three student activists from Belarus Free Theatre’s Studio Fortinbras school, along with Belapan journalist Andrew Shavlygo, were arrested in Minsk on 28 June after the staging of an artistic stunt as part of a...
Maryland shooting: Index condemns the killing of five media workers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship condemns the killing of five people at the offices of a local newspaper in Maryland, United States. A gunman opened fire on staff at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis on Thursday. “Local...
Index on Censorship submission on the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2018
Index is concerned that clauses of the UK’s Counter-Terrrorism and Border Security bill will diminish those rights and freedoms. It submitted this paper to parliament to ask it to consider changes to the proposed bill.
The actions of the Russian Federation are jeopardising online freedoms everywhere
Index on Censorship joins 52 other international organisations to warn that the Russian Federation is pursuing policies that are significantly and rapidly encroaching online freedoms.
Freedom of expression includes right to hold positions of different persuasions
Pressuring artists to renounce support for political causes as a prerequisite for being allowed to perform at events is fundamentally incompatible with artistic freedom and freedom of expression.
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression