Journalism is in a delicate state in the world. The time at the turn of the century when it seemed to be secure in freedom, is gone. As June Jodie Ginsberg, the CEO of Index on Censorship, has observed “it does seem as if the world is more...
Bassel Khartabil: “I urge you to support nonviolent activism”
In his speech accepting the 2013 Freedom of Expression Digital Activism Award, digital activist Bassel Khartabil stressed nonviolence in the struggle for freedom in Syria.
Exiled Turkish journalist Hamza Yalçın arrested in Spain
Index on Censorship calls on Spanish authorities to allow Turkish-Swedish journalist Hamza Yalçın to return to Sweden.
Was Google wrong to fire James Damore after memo controversy? (BBC)
Google has fired an employee who wrote a controversial memo opposed to diversity programmes and hiring practices. The company's chief executive said the "offensive" text advanced "harmful gender stereotypes". Did Google do the right thing? Read the...
Thailand must end judicial harassment of journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk
Index on Censorship calls on Thai authorities to unconditionally drop charges against Pravit Rojanaphruk.
#BannedBooksWeek: Limerick Civic Trust
Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg will be delivering a lecture on how censorship stifles debate.
#BannedBooksWeek: What happens when ideas are silenced?
Join Index on Censorship for Banned Books Week as we celebrate our freedom to read, write and explore what happens when ideas are censored.
#BannedBooksWeek: Censored at The Book Hive, Norwich
Co-authors of a new book – Censored – in conversation with deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine, Jemimah Steinfeld.
Israeli move to silence Al Jazeera a clear violation of press freedom
Index on Censorship condemns the decision by the government of Israel to ban Al Jazeera from operating in the country.
Turkey must release French journalist Loup Bureau
Index on Censorship urges Turkish authorities to immediately release French journalist Loup Bureau and drop all charges against him.
Bahrain: UK silence on Nabeel Rajab “appalling”
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s silence on the sentencing of human rights figure Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain has been called “appalling” in a letter to the Foreign Secretary, signed by 13 rights groups & MPs on Sunday
#BannedBooksWeek: How far can you go in speaking the unspeakable?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is the place of the satirist in our age of controversies? The irreverent cartoonist Martin Rowson, of The Guardian and Index on Censorship magazine, joins publisher Joanna Prior of Penguin Random House for...
