A Bahraini Criminal Court convicted and sentenced Duaa Alwadaei in absentia to two months in prison for allegedly insulting a public institution.
Bahrain: Wife of UK-based Bahraini human rights defender convicted as reprisals escalate
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CATEGORY: Statements
Removing titles from bookshops is threat to free expression
Index on Censorship believes a recent call to remove Holocaust-denial books from major British retailers by campaign group Hope Not Hate is a threat to freedom of expression.
Tackling hateful views means confronting them
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The UK government has barred a number of far-right speakers from entering the country in recent weeks. Index on...
Data Protection Bill must protect press freedom, free speech groups say
Press freedom groups have urged the parliamentary committee considering a proposed new UK data protection law to drop amendments that would force news publishers to sign up to a state-backed regulator or face potentially crippling costs.
Death threats should not be the norm
As part of media freedom month. Jodie Ginsberg wrote to Index on Censorship supporters.
Equatorial Guinea: Artist freed from prison
An Equatorial Guinean court on March 7, 2018 released an artist imprisoned on dubious charges for nearly six months, 17 human rights groups said today
17 NGOs call for EU action to protect journalists
A climate in which impunity prevails and in which journalists are only respected when they serve the interests of those in power, paves the way for violence.
Index welcomes announcement on Section 40
Index on Censorship welcomes the announcement that the government will not implement Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.
Charges dropped against cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé
Index on Censorship welcomes the news that charges against cartoonist Nsé Ramón Esono Ebalé have been dropped.
Murder of Slovak investigative journalist second in EU in less than 6 months
Index on Censorship condemns the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak in Slovakia.
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression