Index on Censorship response to Conservatives’ Royal Charter press proposal

Index on Censorship today responded to proposals put forward by the Conservative party to establish a press regulator via Royal Charter.

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“Human rights are not an impediment to effective policing”

Index on Censorship’s Kirsty Hughes talks to Sir Hugh Orde, one of the UK’s most senior police officers, about protest, public order and politics

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Bahrain is Britain’s shame

Today at the Houses of Parliament, Maryam al-Khawaja asked MPs to put pressure on Bahrain to commit to reforms and free politcal prisoners, including her father and sister. Here, the prominent human rights defender denounces Britain’s indifference

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Arts organisations taking the offensive

Index on Censorship’s conference Taking the Offensive, held at London’s Southbank Centre highlighted how artistic freedom in the UK is under threat. The conference focused on how arts organisations support artistic freedom especially when controversy is arises.

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Downloading evil

Writing for Index on Censorship magazine in 2007, the late Stan Cohen argued that child pornography and jihadi violence were testing the limits of tolerance  

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Leveson: The way ahead for a free press in the UK

A tough but voluntary regulator is the best way to ensure a free press and a fair society, Index says in a new policy note

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High threshold set for social media prosecutions

Guidelines issued today on when criminal charges should be brought against people posting offensive or abusive comments on social media sites could boost free speech

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Why journalism and politics should remain independent

Leveson’s “statutory underpinning” is no way to protect press freedom, says Kirsty Hughes

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