The decree does not include anything new to the current practice of the Cuban government, but it does offer a legal cover to a reactionary, ancient and regressive practice
A global call: No to Cuba’s Decree 349
read more
CATEGORY: Campaigns
Artist in Exile: Eddy Munyaneza driven to become the man behind the camera
Eddy Munyaneza is an award-winning filmmaker who was forced into exile when he created documentaries about Burundi’s president Pierre Nkurunziza, who was running for a third term and the political crisis that followed.
Cuba: Index calls for the immediate release of artists arrested for peacefully protesting law that will limit artistic freedom
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Update: All arrested artists have now been released, although they remain under police surveillance. Cuba's vice minister of culture Fernando Rojas has told the Associated Press that changes will be made...
One year after arrests of murder suspects, international NGOs condemn continued lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nine international freedom of expression, press freedom, and professional journalists’ organisations condemn the lack of justice for the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia a full...
The European Commission must amend the regulation on terrorist content online to protest fundamental rights
On 12 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. The proposal is very problematic from a fundamental rights and free expression perspective. Index on...
Cuban artists arrested while protesting Decree 349
Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Yanelys Nuñez Leyva, members of the Index-award winning Museum of Dissidence, were arrested in Havana on 3 December, along with the performance artist Tania Bruguera
New report and guide on free speech in UK universities published
A narrative of safety and risk is hampering freedom of speech on UK university campuses, a new Index report has found.
Jonathan Haidt on academic freedom: “We’re all caught in a minefield”
“We’re all walking through a world in which one word we say can mean misreported — or partly reported — on Twitter and it blows up into something.”
Nine international organisations urge EU officials to raise Turkey’s freedom of expression crisis during EU-Turkey high political dialogue
We urge EU officials to discuss Turkey’s freedom of expression crisis and fractured rule of law during their high-level political dialogue with the Turkish government on 22 November
Julia Farrington: “Art doesn’t divide society, it reveals division”
Rights, Risks & Reputations is a training programme developed by Index, What Next? and Cause4 to help art and cultural leaders understand and challenge a risk-averse culture and incorporate these topics within their organisations.
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship