A conference followed by a day of performance to consider hip hop’s role in revolutionary social, political and economic movements across the world.
8-9 July: The power of hip hop
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Index on Censorship
Reimagining the Magna Carta: Teens bring the historic document into the 21st century
Eighteen British teenagers have launched Magna Carta 2.0. “What a Liberty!, based on passionate young voices, giving us the tools and freedom to express who we are and what we believe in.”
EU agreement with tech firms on hate speech guaranteed to stifle free expression
Index on Censorship condemned the agreement between the European Commission and tech firms Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft to tackle hate speech online.
15 June: Press freedom in the Middle East: challenges and prospects
The New Arab news network invites you to a panel discussion to discuss the challenges faced by the media and journalists in the post-Arab Spring era
Azerbaijan: Index on Censorship calls for Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed
Index on Censorship calls for all Khadija Ismayilova’s convictions to be quashed following the reduction in her jail sentence to a three-and-a-half-year suspended term
Azerbaijan: Journalist Khadija Ismayilova released from prison
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has been released from prison on probation in Azerbaijan after an international campaign to free her
Mapping Media Freedom: Two years of uncovering attacks on Europe’s press
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Mapping Media Freedom marks second year of monitoring censorship in Europe
Journalists have been murdered and burned in effigy. Reporters have been publicly discredited by government officials, prosecuted for under anti-terrorism laws
Over £2,000 raised for Music in Exile Fund to support persecuted musicians
Thanks to generous support from fans at a gig for Malian rock band Songhoy Blues at The Roundhouse in London, Index on Censorship raised more than £1,800
GNI welcomes appeal to the global reach of “the right to be forgotten”
The Global Network Initiative welcomes the announcement that Google is appealing a French data protection authority ruling requiring the global take down
UK government must ensure it protects free speech with new counter-extremism plans
The government’s planned Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill must be carefully crafted to avoid damaging freedom of expression.
UAE: Free human rights defender Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith
We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the authorities to immediately release human rights defender and professor of economics Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith, who remains in detention