An Index on Censorship conference has heard of the pressures on the arts in the UK today. Daisy Williams reports
Artistic freedom under threat, says Southbank director
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Azerbaijan: Independent editor imprisoned
The editor-in-chief of an independent daily paper in Azerbaijan has been imprisoned. Avaz Zeynally, from newspaper Khural, was arrested in Baku on Friday on charges of bribery and extortion. The charges follow a complaint filed by Gyuler Akhmedova,...
Bahrain: Teacher re-arrested for speaking against human rights violations
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights reports that Jaleela Al Salman, vice president of the Bahrain Teachers Association was arrested on 18 October from her home without a warrant. On 25 September, a military court sentenced Al Salman to three years...
Uzbekistan: Journalists fined and detained for press censorship protest
Uzbek journalists, Malohat Eshonqulova and Saodat Omonova, have been detained and fined 2.94 million soms (around £1000) for holding an unauthorized protest on Monday morning. The two women, who have now begun a hunger strike, held up placards in...
Suzanne Breen in court
Journalist Suzanne Breen appears in a Belfast court today in an attempt to protect her sources. Read more here
‘Banned’ poet becomes first female laureate
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem 'Education for Leisure' was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK's first female poet laureate. Read more here
art and the message
A quick round up of some shows I visited in the latter part of this year that I would like to mention. Palestine Monologues at Arcola Theatre is the latest in a series of rehearsed readings of testimories (Asylum Monolgues, Rendition Monologues)...
Sticks ‘n’ stones may break my bones
On Sunday I was invited to the London Regional Meeting of UK Youth Parliament at Tower Hamlets Town Hall to give a brief presentation about freedom of expression. This was triggered by an article in Debatable UKYP's magazine stating that 90 per...
Belarus Free Theatre runner up in Freedom to Create prize
We are delighted that Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) nominated by Index for the ArtVenture Freedom to Create prize wre runners up in the main prize category of the inaugural awards. Tom Stoppard, a long-time supporter of the theatre company, handed...
Hello from Index Arts
By way of an introduction to this entry, I am going to start a regular blog about the work of Index Arts. This has been an almost totally static page for far too long but things are going to change. I plan to let you know what I am doing in the...