Radio La Voz accepts Index Free Expression Award

May 21st, 2010

Peruvian community radio activists honoured in Lima. Ángel García Català reports
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PAST EVENT: Index at Hay: John Kampfner, 30 May

May 17th, 2010

Index on Censorship Chief Executive John Kampfner discusses his book Freedom for Sale at the UK’s biggest literary festival

30 May
2.30PM OXFAM STUDIO, £5
John Kampfner
Freedom for Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty
Why is it that so many people around the world appear willing to give up freedoms in return for either security or prosperity?

More details at www.hayfestival.com

PAST EVENT: Put your questions to Facebook and Google as Index on Censorship hosts a debate asking: Is the internet safe for free speech?

May 14th, 2010

Join Index on Censorship, Google, Facebook and Privacy International for a debate on the internet and free speech at the Free Word Centre on 12 May at 6.30pm

With

Richard Allan, Director of Policy EU, Facebook

Anthony House, European Policy and Communications Manager, Google

Gus Hosein, Policy Director, Privacy International

Chaired by Jo Glanville, Editor, Index on Censorship
New technology has revolutionised freedom of expression, but it’s also transformed the business of censorship. Governments can monitor and control information as never before, while filtering and punitive action is becoming the norm — whether in the name of child protection or intellectual property. So what will it take to make the internet safe for free speech?

To reserve a place email bookings@freewordonline.com or call 020 7324 2570

Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
London EC1R 3GA

Map here

Nearest tube Farringdon

Read the latest issue of Index on Censorship on technology and free speech Brave New Words , with Rebecca MacKinnon, David Drummond, Ron Deibert and Ian Brown.

Burma: Free Zarganar!

April 29th, 2010

Supported by Index on Censorship, campaigners from across the UK and abroad are to converge on London’s Trafalgar Square on 3 May in support of Zarganar, Burma’s most famous comedian turned prisoner of conscience.
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Auction: Freedom of Expression Awards 2010

March 11th, 2010

The 10th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have fought to expose censorship and abuse. Read the full shortlist here.

The night is also Index’s most important fundraising event. Your support in the auction will help fund our work for the next 12 months, so bid early and bid high!
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In the shadow of Mugabe

January 21st, 2010

The new coalition government in Zimbabwe has so far failed to deliver on its promise of greater media freedom, says Stanley Kwenda
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Straw announces plans to reduce libel costs

January 20th, 2010

English PEN and Index on Censorship today welcome Jack Straw’s proposal to make dramatuc cuts to lawyers’ win fees in defamation cases, but warn that fees are only one part of a libel system in need of serious reform.
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Obituary: Vera Rich

January 8th, 2010

Judith Vidal-Hall pays tribute to a tireless campaigner for free expression in the former Soviet Union
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