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Index on Censorship
Russian supreme court orders release of Index Award nominee Ildar Dadin
The long-term opposition and LGBT rights activist had been jailed under Russia’s repressive Public Assembly Law.
数位来自世界各地的言论自由活动家已被列入审查指数 (Index on Censorship) 之言论自由奖的最终候选名单
此奖项之最终候选者包括被津巴布韦当局拘扣的#ThisFlag活动家，一位来自伊朗在澳洲被拘留的寻求庇护者，一位中国大陆的漫画家以及一位来自俄罗斯的人权活动家。Index on Censorship 为了奖赏在世界各地与种种审查制度搏斗多年的记者以及艺术家而拟定了这个候选名单。特别值得一提的是，被大众提名的言论自由活动家一共有四百位之多。这十六位候选者为了争取言论自由经常遭受当地政府的迫害, 有的甚至面临生命危险。
OSCE must act quickly to fill media freedom role
Organisations have written to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe urging it to ensure continuity in the role of Representative on Freedom of the Media
In Defense of Milo Yiannopoulos’s Book (Publishers Weekly)
It has been almost a year to the day since I began representing Milo Yiannopoulos as his literary agent. I have largely stayed quiet about the controversy that started right before the New Year, when the book deal became public, but I feel...
Unravelling Leveson legislation could take 15 years (Press Gazette)
Chairman of press regulator IPSO Sir Alan Moses has said unpicking legislation brought in after part one of the Leveson Inquiry, including the Section 40 cost provision amendments, could take up to 15 years. Read the full article
Arts Council England awards Index funding to help address arts censorship
The £100,000 grant will be used to provide workshops for boards and senior management of arts organisations in England and Wales
After 45 years, Index on Censorship magazine “as necessary as ever”
A quarterly magazine set up in 1972, Index has published oppressed writers and refused to be silenced across 252 issues.
UK considers new punishments for whistleblowers and journalists to deter the next Snowden (The Verge)
The UK government is considering new laws that target whistleblowers and journalists who obtain or share state secrets. Draft legislation proposed as part of an upcoming overhaul of the UK’s Official Secrets Acts (OSA) could see individuals jailed...
Tickling Giants screening
Join Index on Censorship for a screening of Tickling Giants as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
UK proposals to update spy laws a threat to journalism
Proposed legislation that could see journalists and whistleblowers sentenced up to 14 years for leaking official documents has no place in a democracy.
The UK considers tougher prison sentences for whistleblowers (Endgadget)
The UK government is considering new proposals that would drastically increase prison sentences for individuals and journalists found guilty of obtaining or sharing state secrets. In a bid to modernize the Official Secrets Acts, a new...