Since October 2015, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project has recorded a total of 40 verified violations against press freedom in Ukraine, six of which took place in Crimea.
Ukraine: Journalists face violence on all fronts
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Andrei Bastunets: Press freedom has never been easy in Belarus
Belarusian authorities were busy in 2015: the government introduced new laws aimed at restricting media outlets and distributors; freelance journalists contributing to foreign media outlets found themselves facing prosecution; and websites publishing material that “may harm the national interests of the Republic of Belarus” were extrajudicially blocked.
T0ad: “Pornography is the sacred veil covering the plain (non-sexual) body”
All over the world there are taboos that stop things being discussed, when a discussion might make people aware of a problem and sometimes
Matt Brown: An important learning experience
Matt Brown spent July to December 2015 on the Index on Censorship Youth Advisory Board. He has written a post to tell us about his time on the...
Padraig Reidy: What’s the difference between “offensive” and “grossly offensive”?
Judge Liam McNally’s decision to allow the unpleasant Pastor James McConnell walk free is a little triumph for free speech
Vatican: Italian journalists face eight years in prison
Two Italian journalists are being prosecuted by The Vatican for revealing confidential information and could face up to eight years in prison
Cuban artists still condemned to silence
Dissident artists are no better off post-Fidel, and renewed relations with the US haven’t helped as many hoped or claimed they would
Bulgaria: Investigative journalist hits back at smear campaign by media mogul
Journalists of the Bulgarian investigative news website Bivol.bg are facing an orchestrated smear campaign that’s unusual even for Bulgaria
One year on from Charlie Hebdo, dissenting voices must be protected
On the anniversary of the brutal attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo we, the undersigned, reaffirm our commitment to the defence of the right to freedom of expression
Raymond Joseph: South Africa’s Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill is deeply flawed
With the new year comes a new battle in South Africa as critics hit back at the proposed “draconian” Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill they say doesn’t differentiate “between espionage and an act of journalism”.