Index calls on Moroccan authorities to respect freedom of expression by allowing Mouad “El Haqed” Belghouat and other artists to freely perform in the country
To mark three years since the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, staffers at Index on Censorship headed to Downing Street to deliver an open letter to the UK Prime Minister and join others in protest
Index on Censorship magazine editor Rachael Jolley chairs a panel of assistant features editor at the Yorkshire Evening post Chris Bond, imam Qari Muhammad Asim MBE and author Anthony Clavane
Just look at these definitely-not-free-speech-related charges journalists and activists and human rights lawyers and pro democracy campaigners face
Cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar, currently faces a record number of nine simultaneous charges under Malaysia’s controversial sedition act in a trial that is scheduled to begin on July 7.
On the eve of the opening ceremony, foreign journalists and rights activists have been banned from reporting on the Baku Games. Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to allow civil society groups and journalists from at home and abroad to report freely
Don’t be fooled by the fact that journalists in Azerbaijan have been jailed, beaten, killed, and forced into hiding and exile, and their foreign colleagues banned from entering the country: Ilham Aliyev is all about media freedom
What might have happened when the leader of the world’s largest state met the leader of the world’s smallest?
Both organisations have been highly critical of President Ilham Aliyev’s government, and its targeting, jailing and prosecution of activists and journalists
Despite the ongoing government crackdown on investigative journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, foreign manpower has played a significant role in making Baku 2015 a reality