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PRESS RELEASE: Malala Yousafzai, Kostas Vaxevanis, Bassel Khartabil and Zanele Muholi honoured at Index on Censorship awards

March 27, 2013

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, Palestinian-born Syrian internet activist Bassel Khartabil and South African photographer Zanele Muholi were honoured at this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards in London on March 21, 2013. The ceremony was hosted by Index’s Chair Jonathan Dimbleby, who dedicated the evening to ‘a celebration of [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Index on Censorship: Royal Charter is statutory underpinning

March 19, 2013

Responding to the party leaders’ comments in parliament today, Index on Censorship CEO Kirsty Hughes said:“In spite of David Cameron’s claims, there can be no doubt that what has been established is statute underpinning of the press regulator. This introduces a layer of political control that is extremely undesirable. On this sad day, Britain has [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Jonathan Dimbleby: Index board ‘dismayed’ at developments in press regulation

March 19, 2013

Index on Censorship Chair Jonathan Dimbleby has issued the following statement on behalf of Index’s trustees: “As Chair of Index on Censorship, I have to report that the Index board of trustees – who all occupy senior positions in roles both within and outside of the media –  is dismayed at the course of developments [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Shoddy deal on Leveson crosses the line on press freedom in the UK

March 19, 2013

Index on Censorship CEO Kirsty Hughes called the (emerging) deal on press regulation a “sad day for press freedom in the UK”.  She said that “Index is against the introduction of a Royal Charter that determines the details of establishing a press regulator in the UK – the involvement of politicians undermines the fundamental principle [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Index on Censorship responds to breakdown of press regulation talks

March 15, 2013

Index CEO Kirsty Hughes has responded to the breakdown of press regulation talks: ‘The Prime Minister is right not to have made a shoddy compromise with Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, which would have meant statutory underpinning of press regulation. Politicians should not pass laws that specifically control the press if those politicians are to [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Index on Censorship response to the Government’s draft Royal Charter on press regulation

February 12, 2013

Index on Censorship has responded to the Government’s proposal for press regulation backed by Royal Charter. Index CEO Kirsty Hughes said: “The Conservatives’ complex proposal contains much to recommend it, not least the suggestion of a fair, quick and inexpensive arbitration process for legal claims, and the exclusion of serving editors and members of the [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Index on Censorship condemns introduction of ‘Leveson’ into Defamation Bill

February 7, 2013

Index on Censorship has condemned attempts by Labour Lords to include elements of statutory media regulation into the Draft Defamation Bill, which aims to reform England’s archaic libel laws. Kirsty Hughes, CEO of Index on Censorship said: “It’s unacceptable for Labour Peers to hold the government to ransom by injecting statutory regulation of the press [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Sir Nicholas Serota: No ‘easy path’ to free expression in the arts

January 29, 2013

The Director of the TATE Sir Nicolas Serota, said today that there is no ‘easy path’ to free expression in the arts. Speaking at Taking the Offensive, a ground-breaking conference hosted by leading free expression organisation Index on Censorship, Serota spoke out strongly for artistic free expression in British culture saying: ‘In pushing against boundaries, [...]

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