International freedom of speech campaigners have penned an appeal to Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev to guarantee the safety of jailed journalist Zhanbolat Mamay and to ensure an impartial investigation into his case. Read the full...
Organisations have written to the president of Belarus to demand an end to recent wave of detentions of journalists, activists and opposition figures.
V začetku meseca je na čelo Slovenskega centra Pen stopila Ifigenija Simonović. Članica Pena je že od leta 2006, za seboj ima tudi dva mandata sekretarke. V Penu si želi več mladih in politično nevtralnih posameznikov. Ne želi biti predsednica Pena...
Bahrain's decision to file charges against Ebrahim Sharif underscores the country's tactical use of judicial harassment to suppress freedom of speech. Ebrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of the secular opposition group National Democratic...
Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who died on 17 April, wrote this piece on the evolution of journalism for Index on Censorship magazine in 1997.
Using the prism of Shakespeare, this event explores how the arts allow for greater freedom of speech in our societies in the UK and US today
Beyond the Script, part of the BBC Arabic Festival, invites speakers to question what we cannot talk about.
Index on Censorship, PEN International, ARTICLE 19 and 65 organisations are deeply concerned by the continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
“Media freedom and pluralism are fundamental rights enshrined in Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. However, the EU has no general powers to intervene with Member States in the area of fundamental rights” European Commission...
Cancelled in 2015, a play about the radicalisation of young Muslims has now been published. It’s challenging, gloriously authentic and prompts grownup debate. So who is brave enough to put it on? Read the full article
Murder, assault and imprisonment are among the “growing spectrum of threats” faced by journalists in Europe, according to Index on Censorship. Read the full article
Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis has claimed a play about radicalisation cancelled by the National Youth Theatre was “absolutely censored”. Read the full article