Index on Censorship condemns Ian Paisely MP’s attack on News Letter journalist Sam McBride and calls on parliamentarians to uphold and support the tenets of media freedom.
Significant parts of the left now wish to rule out speech they deem offensive. It’s a far cry from when the left were defenders of freedom.
There were 27 incidents in Russia in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 9 incidents in Ukraine in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 4 incidents in Belarus in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 2 incidents in Azerbaijan in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
The autumn Index on Censorship magazine podcast with Peppermint, Ariana Drehsler and Steven Borowiec exploring how travel restrictions at borders are limiting the flow of free thought and ideas
An editor at the Irish newspaper, the Sunday World, calls for renewed investigation into journalist’s murder.
Eighteen international organisations have written to the UN Human Rights Council to ask that it address the Turkish government’s repressive campaign against freedom of expression
On 26 July 2019, Turkey’s highest court brought new hope to Turkish academics when it ruled that ten educators who had signed the petition “We will not be a Party to This Crime!” (Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız) had been tried unfairly and in violation of their rights.