Ecuadorean cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, known as Bonil and an arts nominee in the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards, faces a hearing today under the country’s controversial communications law.
On the day when the four surviving copies of the original 1215 Magna Carta were briefly brought together for the first time, Index on Censorship held a debate to celebrate the launch of the winter issue of the magazine.
Edward Snowden’s lawyer Ben Winzer talks to Index about his client and what the loss of privacy to the secret state means to the future of free expression.
As many campus media struggle to maintain a steady revenue, Index hears from two US university papers about their work and how they finance themselves independently
We have to stop thinking about things happening “on the internet”, when it’s simply part of human interaction for millions
A Spanish company — Ares Right — has been targeting the social media accounts of critics of the Ecuadorean government
María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio, best known under the pseudonym "Felina", was kidnapped by armed men on 15 October in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The following day a photograph of her body was posted to her Twitter account with messages...
More often than not, the United States’ first amendment forces some real thought and analysis to take place in public life, writes Padraig Reidy.
A Yale student group’s choice to host writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali was met with widespread protest. This is not the only recent example of a free expression dispute at a US campus. Dave Coscia writes
With smartphones, cheap recording equipment, and free access to social media and blogging platforms, journalism has fallen into the hands of the many. This is a good thing. But one question does arise: if we are all journalists now, what happens to the privileges journalists used to claim?