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Youth Advisory Board discuss censorship of art
For this month’s task the youth board were asked to write a blog post about a piece of art that has either caused controversy or been banned in their country
Bahrain activist Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced to one year for insulting king
Zainab Al-Khawaja was sentenced to one year for insulting the country’s king. The human rights activist faced the Bahrain Court of Appeal on 21 October 2015, her 32nd birthday.
Coalition calls on Turkey to protect press freedom
Representatives of groups dedicated to press freedom and free expression find that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has severely escalated in the period between parliamentary elections held June 7 and the upcoming elections.
Letter: Arbitrary conviction of Qatari poet
Index on Censorship joins coalition calling for renewed efforts on behalf of the poet Mohammed al-Ajami
From murder to bureaucratic mayhem: After Argentina’s dictatorship, what happened next for the country’s journalists
Argentina’s press freedom has come a long way since its junta sought to silence criticism by killing journalists. But is it free of censorship?
Russia: Attempted murder of Oleg Kashin a symbol of impunity for attacks on journalists
On 6 November 2010, prominent Russian journalist Oleg Kashin was badly beaten with a steel pipe on his doorstep and nearly killed
Proposed UK government measures on extremism will criminalise legitimate speech
In its new extremism strategy, the government is proposing measures that will criminalise legitimate speech and shrink the space for open debate throughout society.
Zainab Al-Khawaja to face Bahrain court of appeal
Bahraini human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja will appear before the Bahraini court of appeals on 21 October
Chinese state visit: Five times China has proven it doesn’t value free speech
With UK-China relations warming, the President of The People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will pay a state visit to the UK