Julia Farrington, associate arts producer at Index on Censorship, will discuss art and censorship at Hackney Wick at the independent bar and creative space Grow.
Julia Farrington talks art and censorship
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Index on Censorship
‘Christians feel they are being censored’: Index on Censorship CEO (Christian Institute)
Christians in Ireland feel unable to express their opinions on same-sex marriage, the CEO of free speech group Index on Censorship has said. Read the full article
Preview: Forbidden Songs with Moddi (Songlines)
Norwegian singer-songwriter Moddi brings his interesting collection of reworked banned tracks to London for a special show in support of the Music in Exile Fellowship. Read the full article
City University students vote for campus ban on Sun, Mail and Express (Guardian)
Students at City University of London, home to one of the country’s most respected journalism schools, have voted to ban the Sun, Daily Mail and Express from its campus. Read the full article
Christians feel their views are being ‘shut down’ says CEO of Index on Censorship (Premier)
Christians in the UK believe their views are being "shut down" by wider society, the CEO of Index on Censorship Jodie Ginsberg has said. Speaking at Spiked's 'Enemies of the state: Religious freedom and the new repression' event in London on...
Bahrain: Human rights defender Ghada Jamsheer remains in jail despite poor health
Women’s rights defender, writer and blogger Ghada Jamsheer remains in jail in Bahrain
Italy journalists ‘most threatened’ (ANSA)
Italy in January-September 2016 had the highest number of incidents of threats against journalists and media outfits in the EU, a study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights showed Thursday. Read the full article
Bahrain charges Ebrahim Sharif for AP interview after Prince Charles visit
Bahrain’s public prosecution yesterday charged leading opposition politician Ebrahim Sharif under article 165 of the penal code with “inciting hatred against the regime”.
Indian sociologist accused of murder in case she says is retaliation for her work
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two Indian social scientists are among 10 people charged with murder in Chhattisgarh, an Indian state wracked by an ongoing insurgency by Maoist rebels that the academics were actively studying. Neither Nandini...
Satire on the front line: Aseem Trivedi and Martin Rowson
Aseem Trivedi will join Martin Rowson in London to discuss, draw and debate freedom of expression and solidarity across borders.
Is the EU abandoning its promotion of freedom of expression via trade agreements? (Disruptive Competition Project)
The EU has in recent years used trade agreements as a venue for promotion of human rights, notably freedom of speech. Yet, as trade negotiators seek to wrap up trade negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the EU seems to have...
Journalism groups oppose French global delisting order (Reporters Committee)
As France continues to push the envelope in terms of enforcing a worldwide “right to be forgotten,” free press advocates in the U.S. have stepped in to help Google defend itself from an order to delist content across the global Internet. Read the...