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CATEGORY: Young Writers / Artists Programme
#IndexDrawtheLine: Religious extremism is one of the greatest challenges facing society
“We want to laugh at the extremists – every extremist. They can be Muslim, Jewish, Catholic. Everyone can be religious but extremist thoughts and acts we cannot accept,” Laurent Léger, a journalist at Charlie Hebdo--a satirical magazine where an...
#IndexDrawtheLine: How can we balance religious freedom and religious extremism?
Religious freedom and religious radicalism which leads to extremism has become an increasingly difficult balancing act in the digital age where presenting religious superiority through fear and "terror" is possible both locally and internationally...
New Index Youth Advisory Board announced
The second cohort of Index on Censorship's Youth Advisory Board was announced today. The members will discuss topical freedom of expression events, participate in #IndexDrawtheLine debates and advise Index on youth issues. The new board will sit...
#IndexDrawTheLine: Are voting restrictions a free speech violation?
Should we consider voting restrictions an abuse of our human rights?
#IndexDrawTheLine: Laws? When it comes to free speech, what are they good for?
Members of our youth advisory board discuss the ways laws impact on free expression in their countries
#IndexDrawTheLine: Do wars justify censorship? A dilemma not easily answered
This month’s Draw The Line debate has shown itself to be a dilemma not easily answered in four weeks. Many of the responses we received have acknowledged that it is hardly a black and white topic but with conflicts flaring up all over the world it...
#IndexDrawTheLine: One’s artist is another’s terrorist
When does giving a platform to extremist views through art or journalism become an act of terrorism? And should artists or journalists be exempt from terrorism laws, or should inflammatory works be banned?
#IndexDrawTheLine: Can art or journalism ever be terrorism?
This month, Draw the Line will be exploring whether arts or journalism can ever be considered terrorism. Farah Wael writes.
Facebook’s online shaming mobs
When social media users group together to participate in online vigilantism, what implications are there for freedom of expression? Katie Dancey writes