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States’ use of surveillance to fight pandemic must respect human rights
Index on Censorship and 106 other organisations are urging governments to respect human rights as they attempt to tackle the coronavirus pandemic through digital surveillance technologies
Index and JFJ launch global initiative to monitor attacks on the media during coronavirus
Index on Censorship and Justice for Journalists Foundation (JFJ) have announced a joint global initiative to track attacks and violations against the media, specific to the current coronavirus-related crisis
Index on Censorship calls for Europe’s leaders to protect free flow of information to tackle COVID-19
Index on Censorship, alongside eight other organisations, is calling on European leaders to protect the media during the coronavirus crisis
Index welcomes ruling that police reaction to tweets was “disproportionate interference”
Index welcomes the judgment in the case of Harry Miller - a former police officer who was investigated over tweets about gender. In a judgment delivered at the High Court in London, Julian Knowles found that the police's actions - which included...
Free Speech and Index: a love letter
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="105876" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]14 February 2020 – Valentine’s Day – marks my last day at Index on Censorship after nearly six years at the helm. It feels...
Become the new Chief Executive of Index on Censorship
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We live in the midst of radical changes to the ways people access news and information. When Index on Censorship was founded nearly 50 years ago, few could have foreseen the manner in which technology would now...
Index calls on UK government to respect role of media
Boris Johnson’s exclusion of certain members of the press at a briefing on 3 February is another example of media abuses in the UK, as tracked by Index on Censorship and reported to the Council of Europe
Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg to step down in 2020
Jodie Ginsberg to join Internews Europe as CEO Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg will step down in early 2020 after five and a half years in the role, Index said on Wednesday. The board, chaired by Trevor Phillips since 2018, will...
Index calls on Arron Banks to drop SLAPP lawsuit against Carole Cadwalladr
We, the undersigned organisations, welcome today’s judgment on meaning in the case of Arron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr. The judgment clarified the context of the comments that form the basis of this lawsuit, and noted that aspects of the claimant’s...
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression