Index on Censorship’s database tracking violations of press freedom recorded 571 verified threats and limitations to media freedom in first half of 2017.
Join Index on Censorship magazine for the launch of the autumn 2017 celebrating all things radio.
Index on Censorship ouvre les nominations à sa bourse pour la liberté d’expression 2018
The retro medium of radio is back, as we explore in the autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine 2017, which is excellent news for the delivery of well, news.
The autumn 2017 Index on Censorship magazine podcast features interviews with Ida Jooste, Peter Kettler and Joe Hynek on radio stations.
The autumn 2017 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores the enduring power of radio, the most accessible form of media that continues to contribute to freedoms throughout the world.
Wana Udobang and Xinran discuss their experiences as radio hosts in Nigeria and China respectively, where the medium allowed people to open up in ways they wouldn’t otherwise. Ismail Einashe interviews the radio journalists in Somalia who report independently, while Mark Frary shows how the ascent of the podcast has been instrumental in countries including North Korea.
Index on Censorship calls on Russian authorities to swiftly investigate violent attacks on journalist Yulia Latynina, who was forced to flee the country.
Leading Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab appeared in the Higher Criminal Court on 11 September to be told by a new judge that the case had been continued to 27 September.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred an Al Jazeera journalist from a government seminar on press freedom, a month after he threatened to close down the Qatar-based news organisation. Read the full article
A coalition of UK-based organisations will host a variety of events this month to explore the freedom to read as part of the internationally-celebrated Banned Books Week.
In the run-up to the annual conference and general meeting of the IAP in Beijing, China, the undersigned civil society organisations urge the IAP to live up to its vision
International human rights organizations called to stand in solidarity with prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday (September 11, 2017) at 10 AM in front of the Bahraini embassy in London, to show support for Rajab and for free...