The press freedom situation in the United States is worsening not only because of President Trump's anti-press rhetoric but because of a constellation of factors including arrests, detainment, lawsuits, physical violence and outright censorship,...
Double standards: Do all journalist lives matter? (The Manila Times)
Taha avoids giving his last name to journalists, but not out fear of the Sudanese government, whose harassment he fled in 2015. “I don’t want any of the people I worked with to know I’m here,” he tells Al Jazeera, writing by instant messaging from...
UK falls further down the World Press Freedom Index (Wired)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published the 2017 rankings for the World Press Freedom Index – a system for rating the freedom of the media and journalists across the world. Read the full article
It’s not just Trump: threats to US media freedom go far deeper, survey shows
Threats to media freedom in the United States go far beyond the high-profile attacks on news outlets made by President Donald Trump, a new study shows.
Index at Hay: Madeleine Thien talks to Jemimah Steinfeld
Index on Censorship magazine deputy editor Jemimah Steinfeld speaks to Canadian novelist Madeleine Thien on 28 May at the Hay Festival
Index at Hay: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova talks to Philippe Sands
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="90019" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://www.hayfestival.com/"][vc_column_text]An interview with the musician and activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who was arrested...
Index at Hay: The War on Women
Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell discuss women reporting on war.
#FreeTurkeyMedia: Vigil for Turkey’s imprisoned journalists
Join Index on Censorship and others for a vigil outside the Turkish Embassy in London to protest the detention of journalists and writers in Turkey.
America’s place in the world (National Review)
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VOA连线:变态辣椒获国际言论自由奖 环时叫板为哪般?(Voice of America)
4月19日,流亡日本的中国异议漫画家“变态辣椒”获得英国团体“聚焦审查”(Index on Censorship)的国际言论自由奖。对此,中国官媒《环球时报》发表评论员单仁平的文章《泛滥的“言论自由奖”都想傍中国 》,指“变态辣椒” “当初在互联网上画极端政治漫画就是为了捞粉”,后来出走日本后“连饭都吃不上,只有靠画骂中国的画维持生计了”。单仁平为何叫板“变态辣椒”呢?我们连线原名为王立铭的“变态辣椒”来介绍情况。 Watch the full...
Referendum Sonuçları Britanya Parlamentosu’nda Konuşuldu (Arti 49)
Türkiye'deki referandumun sonuçları, Londra merkezli Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) ve ifade özgürlüğü üzerine çalışmalar yapan Index on Censorship. Read the full article
Turkey Blocks’a ifade özgürlüğü ödülü (T24)
Türkiye'de internet kesintilerini takip eden Turkey Blocks projesi, çevrimiçi sansürün denetlenmesi ve dijital şeffaflığa katkılarından dolayı Index on Censorship 2017 Basın Özgürlüğü Ödülü aldı. Read the full article
