When Angolan police raided the homes of a book group deemed a threat, they seized all papers from their homes, from university notebooks to a mother’s magazines
The Angolan regime is afraid of books
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Hungary: Government cracks down on freedom of information
Bill granting Hungarian authorities new powers to withhold information believed to be a response to recent use of freedom of information requests to expose wasteful government spending
Handbook on laws protecting free expression launched
The handbook aims to provide journalists and bloggers worldwide with guidance on the international legal framework protecting their rights to freedom of expression
#SilencedOnCampus: Index magazine launch debates threats to academic freedom
The debate tackled issues ranging from safe spaces and the right to offend, to the absence of absolute freedom of speech and illegal versus legal speech
Padraig Reidy: Why Golders Green isn’t Britain’s Skokie
This is the British way of free expression; a matter of practicality rather than principle, a pliable concept, one that can almost always be tempered by appeals to taste
Letter: Academic freedom is under threat and needs urgent protection
With threats ranging from “no-platforming”, to governments trying to suppress critical voices, and corporate controls on research funding, academics and writers from across the world have signed Index’s open letter on why academic freedom needs urgent protection
Our knowledge about the past shouldn’t be restricted, says former UN free speech rapporteur
I want to know the past, people shouldn’t be able to alter records, said former UN free speech guru Frank La Rue
“I feel strong”: Moroccan rapper El Haqed defiant after concert is shut down by police
A former Index Youth Advisory Board member travelled to Casablanca to see Moroccan rapper El Haqed’s first concert in the country. This is her account of the police crackdown that silenced the performance
Azerbaijan: Independent newspaper Azadliq faces imminent closure
The Index award-winning paper is widely recognised as one of the last remaining independent news outlets operating inside the country
Padraig Reidy: A disgraceful use of the Communications Act
The prosecution of Pastor James McConnell under the Communications Act is the action of a prosecution service more interested in appearing to be liberal than upholding justice and rights