Saudi Arabian blogger and activist Raif Badawi is the winner of this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament. Badawi, who also won 2015 PEN Pinter Prize for an International Writer of Courage, was convicted...
Ahead of a trial on nine charges under Malaysia’s colonial-era Sedition Act, cartoonist Zunar will be in the UK to take part in several events and an exhibition
Join us to hear a courageous artist speak about his cartoons and his inspirations, and human rights and freedom of expression in his home country Malaysia.
In a keynote speech at the Internet Librarian International conference, Jodie Ginsberg explored the rights to privacy, security – the right to life – and freedom of expression in an information age
Representatives of groups dedicated to press freedom and free expression find that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has severely escalated in the period between parliamentary elections held June 7 and the upcoming elections.
Index on Censorship joins coalition calling for renewed efforts on behalf of the poet Mohammed al-Ajami
In its new extremism strategy, the government is proposing measures that will criminalise legitimate speech and shrink the space for open debate throughout society.
Leading watchdogs to visit Istanbul, Ankara next week to visit Turkey ahead of election
JMU Journalism graduate Josie Timms has been presented with the first Tim Hetherington Fellowship, sponsored by the LJMU and Index on Censorship, at the Frontline Club in London. Read in full JMU Journalism.
The Committee to Protect Journalists and Index on Censorship became partners to the Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, which will allow them to alert the Council of Europe on violations to media freedom in Europe.
“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing” Euripides
Ahead of the Battle of Ideas 2015, film historian Kunle Olulode explores why Birth of a Nation is no ordinary film