PAST EVENT: In memory of Lasantha Wickrematunge, 7/8 January

06 Jan 10 | Events

This week sees the first anniversary of the killing of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge.

On Friday 8 January, Friends of Lasantha and Tamil Legal Advocacy Project (TLAP) hosts a discussion at the YMCA, Fitzroy Square, featuring Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Human Rights lawyer, Frances Harrison (Former BBC correspondent for Sri lanka), Ed Davey MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, Liberal Democrats, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya, Journalist and former Convenor Free Media Movement (FMM), Sri lanka, Alex Wilks, Programme Lawyer, Human Rights Institute-International Bar Association Human Rights Institute, plus a speaker from Reporters without Borders (RSF) and messages from Journalists for Democracy in Sri lanka (JDS).
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2009: Year in review

17 Dec 09 | Uncategorized

year_in_review[1]Index on Censorship looks back on the highs and lows of the year. Editors, journalists, artists and scholars on the frontline review the challenges for free speech around the world. Internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei defies attempts to silence his blog and his protests; leading Russian editor. Dmitry Muratov speaks exclusively to Index about his fight for justice and Melissa Goodman asks why Barack Obama turned his back on transparency. Plus eyewitness accounts and analysis on Turkey, Burma, Sri Lanka, The Gambia, Zimbabwe and Iran.