Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan’s civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
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Articles from this list explore the topic of how minority groups are both being censored and also evade censorship.
Index on Censorship condemns the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev
Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, a supporter of Index on Censorship, passed away on 21 July 2015 at 84.
Index on Censorship deplores the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and calls on the authorities to investigate the murder and ensure that those responsible are found and brought to justice.
6 Août 2015 Les organisations soussignées œuvrant pour la liberté de la presse, le développement des médias et les droits humains dénoncent les attaques continues et les menaces contre les journalistes, le personnel des médias et les défenseurs des...
Press freedom, media development and human rights organisations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders in Burundi
Leyla Yunus, who is currently on trial on spurious charges, warns that Azerbaijan’s government is targeting her and her husband, Arif, to instill fear in the country’s citizens.
Josie Timms has been awarded the first Liverpool John Moores University/Tim Hetherington Fellowship