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Joint statement on Facebook’s draft charter for content oversight board
We, the undersigned, welcome the consultation on Facebook’s draft charter for the proposed oversight board.
World Press Freedom Day should bring freedom for Musa Kart and his Cumhuriyet colleagues
Index on Censorship joins Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) to report that the internationally acclaimed cartoonist Musa Kart is again a prisoner this World Press Freedom Day.
Online harms and media freedom: UK response to Council of Europe lacks concrete details
“The UK’s response to our Council of Europe alert lacks concrete details about how government proposals dealing with online harms will not damage media freedom and the public’s right to information,” said Joy Hyvarinen, head of advocacy, Index on Censorship.
Index on Censorship calls on French authorities to reverse decision on visa for artist
We ask French authorities to reverse this decision and allow Murad, an Index fellow, to study
Index condemns the killing of Lyra McKee and calls on European governments to do more to ensure the safety of journalists
Index condemns the killing in the strongest possible terms and calls on the UK authorities to bring those responsible to justice and on European governments to do more to ensure the safety of journalists.
Index urges UK government to rethink proposals for online harms regulation over risks to media freedom
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship has filed an official alert with the Council of Europe about risks to media freedom in proposals in the government’s recently released online harms white paper. The white paper has raised...
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a member of the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award-winning Museum of Dissidence. This is the...
Pen International and ARC join Index on Censorship in show of solidarity with Cuba’s independent artists
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship, Pen International and Artists at Risk Connection of Pen America stand in solidarity with independent Cuban artists as the 13th Havana Biennial, which begins in the Cuban capital on 12 April...
Index on Censorship and Doughty Street Chambers renew calls for Egypt to drop all charges against activist Amal Fathy
As Egypt’s President el-Sisi and President Trump meet in Washington, all charges and sanctions against Amal Fathy, detained for speaking out against sexual harassment in Egypt, must be dropped.