Nuriye Gulmen, a professor of literature, and Semih Ozakca, a primary school teacher, were both fired following the issuing of emergency decree 675 by Erdogan’s government
CATEGORY: Academic Freedom
International community rallies in support of Hungary’s Central European University
As a new law passed by Hungarian government threatens the existence of Central European University in Budapest, 70,000 people marched in protest
Is free speech in jeopardy on UK campuses?
Many universities pay lip service to freedom of speech on campus, but actions often tell a different story
Flemming Rose: Censorship and self-censorship in the 21st century
Danish journalist Flemming Rose delivered a lecture on 9 March 2017 as part of Censorship Awareness Week at Wellesley College.
Index on Censorship and Wellesley College launching an annual Freedom of Expression lecture
Leading international freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship and the Freedom Project at Wellesley College, Boston, are pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership to promote awareness of censorship.
Threats to boycott publishers undermine intellectual freedom and harm readers and writers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As organisations dedicated to protecting freedom of expression, we write to comment on the calls for a boycott...
The Bahrain 13: One year since Index magazine sent to jailed academic and blogger
One year has passed since Index magazine editor Rachael Jolley sent a copy of the publication to jailed Bahraini activist and writer Abduljalil Al-Singace
Yavuz Baydar: As academic freedom recedes, intellectuals begin an exodus from Turkey
The stream may be small right now, a trickle, but it is unmistakable. Turkey’s academics and its secular elite are quietly and slowly making their way for the exits.
Turkey’s rising censorship: How did we get here?
The spotlight has been on Turkey following the attempted coup against President Recep Erdogan and the government’s ensuing crackdown on journalists, teachers, judges and soldiers. How did it come to this?
Yavuz Baydar: Escalation in the clampdown on Turkey’s media and academia
It was at the early hours of Friday that a journalist sent a note to her colleagues. “We are told by the management that our publication is...
Free speech on campus is a key Index on Censorship project to defend and expand freedom of speech at colleges and universities around the world