A year in freedom of expression

Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the events of the past 12 months, yet another year of challenges to human rights around the world

Temor en el aire

Los guerreros islamistas de Al Shabab controlan una quinta parte de Somalia y tienen su propia emisora de radio. Ismail Einashe habla con los periodistas que arriesgan su vida retransmitiendo noticias sobre las actividades del grupo terrorista.

الخوف على موجات الأثير

يسيطر الإسلاميون من حركة الشباب على خمس مساحة الصومال، ولديهم محطة إذاعية خاصة بهم. يتحدّث إسماعيل عيناشي مع الصحفيين الذين يخاطرون بحياتهم لتغطية أنشطة هذه الجماعة الإرهابية عبر الأثير.

Страх за радиоэфир

Исламистские боевики Аль Шабаб контролируют пятую часть Сомали и имеют свою собственную радиостанцию. Исмаил Эйнаш поговорил с журналистами, которые рискуя своей жизнью, транслируют новости о деятельности террористической группы

Al-Shabab announce ban on internet in Somalia

The rebel group said anyone who doesn't comply will be "considered to be working with the enemy and they will be dealt with in accordance Sharia law"

Index Index – International free speech round up 13/02/13

Index Index - International free speech round up 13/02/13

Index Index – International free speech round up 13/02/13

Index Index - International free speech round up 13/02/13

Index Index – International free speech round up 05/02/13

Index Index - International free speech round up 05/02/13

Index Index – International free speech round up 31/01/13

A woman who said she was raped by state security forces and the journalist who interviewed her were charged by police on 29 January in Somalia. Journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim could face four years imprisonment for insulting a government body and two years for inducing false evidence. Abdiaziz has been charged with insulting a government body, simulating a criminal offence […]

Index Index – International free speech roundup 21/01/13

Two journalists have been killed in Syria while reporting on the front line. French journalist Yves Debay was shot twice while covering the conflict between the Syrian regime’s army and rebel forces on 17 January, reportedly killed by a regime sniper. Al Jazeera correspondent Mohamed Al-Massalma was shot with three bullets the following day during fights in […]

Index Index – International free speech roundup 18/01/13

Daisy Williams: Index Index - International free speech roundup

Somalia: journalist killed

A journalist from Radio Shabelle has been murdered in Somalia. Ahmed Ado Anshur was shot dead on his way home from work in Mogadishu yesterday. The young journalist was the host of a popular radio programme Qubanaha Wararka, and was renowned for his outspoken views on the political situation. He was shot several times in the head and chest […]