To mark Banned Books Week, Vicky Baker, deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine, will chair an online discussion with three authors on 29 September, followed by a Q&A.
#BannedBooksWeek2016: Banned books webinar
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Street artists use anonymity to accentuate the message
In their latest task the Index on Censorship youth advisory board look at anonymous art around the world
23 Sept: “Don’t remain silent” on Turkey. Vigil for teacher Ayşe Çelik and imprisoned writers
Join Index on Censorship for a vigil outside the Turkish embassy in support of Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher facing charges.
Contents: The unnamed
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson writes on the damage done when her cover was blown, journalist John Lloyd looks at how terrorist attacks have affected surveillance needs worldwide, Bangladeshi blogger Ananya Azad explains why he was forced into exile after violent attacks on secular writers, philosopher Julian Baggini looks at the power of literary aliases through the ages, Edward Lucas shares The Economist’s perspective on keeping its writers unnamed
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 9-15 September
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe.
Tim Hetherington’s Infidel exhibition opens in Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University officially opened its Infidel exhibition, a display of photographs by Tim Hetherington, on Wednesday night. The Liverpool-born photojournalist, who died in Libya under mortar fire in 2011, took the photos during the...
Bulgaria: Regional media outlets dependent on local governments
Between 2013 and 2015, 10 Bulgarian municipalities spent $1.54 million on positive coverage of their activities
Can Dündar: “We have your wife. Come back or she’s gone”
I had not imagined that a state could become no better than a criminal syndicate. But the Turkish state has become one.
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 2-8 September
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Richard Neville, co-founder of Oz magazine, dies aged 74
Richard Neville, who co-founded the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz, has died. The satirical magazine poked fun at socially-conservative Austrailia and tackled taboo subjects