The seizure of Turkey’s biggest opposition newspaper is the latest move against press freedom in the country.
Turkish court orders seizure of Zaman news group
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Index condemns seizure of Zaman
Index on Censorship condemns the seizure by Turkish courts of the newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s highest circulation newspapers.
UAE: Human rights organisations renew call for release of peaceful activists
On the third anniversary of the start of the mass trial of 94 individuals, including government critics and advocates of reform, 10 human rights organisations appeal to the government of the United Arab Emirates to release immediately and unconditionally all those imprisoned
Serge Bambara named first Music in Exile fellow
Index on Censorship and They Will Have To Kill Us First name the Burkinabe musician and producer Smockey as the inaugural Music in Exile Fellowship
Turkey silences independent broadcaster
Index on Censorship condemns Türksat’s decision to drop independent broadcaster IMC TV’s signal.
NUS: Revise safe space and no platform policies
On 17 March 2016 from 5-6pm, we will be holding a protest at the office of the NUS, Macadam House, 275 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QB. Join Us. Also Tweet “I call on @nusuk to revise safe space and no platform policies to facilitate not restrict...
Rachael Jolley: Threats to reaching knowledge: why libraries play a vital role
Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine in a speech to the §2 – Libraries and Democracy conference in Umea, Sweden.
18 March: Censorship in the arts: A 21st century problem?
Freedom of expression is a basic human right. But do we really have it? Where are you free to express what? A group of leading figures from the arts discuss this hot topic, not only relevant to the stage, but also in our everyday lives.
Turkey: Court rules journalists’ rights were violated
Index on Censorship welcomes the release of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. The charges against them must be dropped.
Joint letter on internet shutdown in Uganda
An international coalition of organisations has called for immediate action to condemn the internet shutdown in Uganda
Umberto Eco: The birth of ethics
I am of the firm belief that even those who do not have faith in a personal and providential divinity can still experience forms of religious feeling and hence a sense of the sacred
Race and Religion
UK law criminalises conduct that has the intent of stirring up racial hatred or hatred on grounds of religion or sexual orientation.