Index on Censorship strongly condemns the launch of a criminal investigation into online media outlet Meydan TV.
Azerbaijan: Harassment of Meydan TV must stop
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Azerbaijan: Coalition of NGOs intervene before European Court for imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
PEN International and Privacy International led 14 free expression and media freedom organisations, including Index on Censorship, in submitting an intervention today in the case of Azerbaijani journalist, Khadija Ismayilova before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Azerbaijan: open letters to Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias, and Chris Brown
We are writing to you as members of the Sport for Rights campaign, which has been working to raise human rights violations in Azerbaijan in the run-up to the Formula One European Grand Prix
Untitled, @MuradSubay, 14/4/16
“I invite people like this: I just say – you paint now.” That’s how it works with artist Murad Subay.
6 May: Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored
Join the uncensored edition of the Tehran Book Fair, featuring books from independent Iranian publishers and a talk on censorship in the Middle East
Smockey: “The people in Europe don’t know what the governments in Africa do.”
Burkinabe rapper and activist Smockey officially becomes the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow
“No one – and especially heads of state – has a right not to be offended”
Index deplores the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to authorise the prosecution of a German comedian for offending the President of Turkey.
Jodie Ginsberg: “Free expression needs defenders”
In the very first edition of Index on Censorship magazine – published in 1972 – the then editor Michael Scammell wrote that a definite need existed for such an organisation
Qadri’s legacy: Islamabad under siege
On 27 March, thousands gathered in Islamabad’s twin city Rawalpindi to commemorate the Chehlum of Mumtaz Qadri, marking 40 days since his death.
Zaina Erhaim: “I want to give this award to the Syrians who are being terrorised”
While journalists and citizens fled, Syrian-native Zaina Erhaim returned to her war-ravaged country and the city of Aleppo in 2013 to ensure those remaining were not forgotten. She is now one of the few female journalists braving the twin threat of...
Bolo Bhi: “What’s important is the process, and that we keep at it”
Bolo Bhi are a digital campaigning group who have orchestrated an impressive ongoing fight against attempts to censor the internet in Pakistan. The all-women management team have launched internet freedom programmes, published research papers,...
GreatFire: “Technology has been used to censor online speech — and to circumvent this censorship”
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales read anonymous collective GreatFire's acceptance speech. We are honoured to have been chosen as the winner of Index’s 2016 digital activism award. We’d like to take this opportunity to highlight the incredible and...