The conviction of Muhammad Rabbani, director of advocacy group Cage, for refusing to divulge his phone PIN and passwords under anti-terror legislation is very concerning.
As right-to-read celebration begins, campaigners says authors must resist pressure from ‘online mob’ to avoid controversial topics like sex and race. Read the full article
President Donald Trump’s take on athletes who choose to kneel during the national anthem hows his disregard for the protections offered by the US Constitution’s First Amendment.
Consider suppressed books and what do you think of? Someone carefully measuring out the ingredients for a bomb in their mother’s cellar, poring over The Anarchist’s Cookbook? A 1980s Britain supposedly blissfully unaware of the revelations in Peter...
The bodies of Syrian journalists Orouba Barakat and her daughter Halla Barakat were discovered in their apartment in Istanbul.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="95224" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Over the past few years, the news has been replete with stories about how authors, thought-leaders and others have become disinvited or pressured...
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.