Index on Censorship condemns the decision by Saudi authorities to sentence Ashraf Fayadh to death on charges of apostasy
Joint statement on death sentence of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh
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NGOs condemn imprisonment and nationality revocation of photographer
Award-winning photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and had his nationality revoked, along with 12 others, after covering a series of demonstrations in early 2014.
Drawing pressure: Cartoons go under the hammer in support of Index on Censorship
Auction of cartoons by world-renowned editorial cartoonists will benefit Index’s work with persecuted writers and artists
“Malian concert planned to go ahead despite attacks”
Islamists have tried to stop music being played in Mali over the past few years
Russia: Media freedom NGO faces closure
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF) to the list of NGOs it considers foreign agents
Syria: Fears for life of free expression advocate Bassel Khartabil
Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance, may be facing a death sentence
Free expression groups call on Turkey to release Mohammed Ismael Rasool
Free expression organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammed Ismael Rasool, a fixer for VICE News.
Syria: No word on Bassel Khartabil’s whereabouts
Unconfirmed reports are circulating that Khartabil has been secretly sentenced to death by the Syrian government. We ask the Syrian authorities to reveal Khartabil’s whereabouts and release him immediately and unconditionally.
Zunar: “Even my pen has a stand”
Malaysian cartoonist remains defiant in the face of a trial on nine charges under the country’s colonial-era Sedition Act
Turkey: Increased pressure on journalists jeopardises public interest
Escalating pressure on media has significantly impacted journalists’ ability to report on matters of public interest
4 Nov-Jan: Malaysian cartoonist Zunar exhibited in London
To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of English caricaturist and printmaker James Gillray, the Cartoon Museum is mounting an exhibition of his work
Erica Jong: Literature’s sexual rebels
Erica Jong, who shocked readers with her novel about women’s sexuality in the 1970s, explains why she’s ready to do it again