Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Ravian Ruys explores the impact of eroding public trust is having on free expression in The Netherlands
Ravian Ruys: Without trust, free speech suffers
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Jade Jackman: An act against knowledge and thought
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Jade Jackman explains why she thinks counter-terrorism legislation is a threat to academic freedom
Harsh Ghildiyal: Defamation is not a crime
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Harsh Ghildiyal explains why he thinks India’s criminal defamation laws are not reasonable
Bahrain: Magazine sent to jailed academic and blogger
Editor Rachael Jolley mailed the latest copy of Index on Censorship magazine Fired, threatened, imprisoned… is academic freedom being eroded? to jailed Bahraini academic and blogger
Tom Carter: No-platforming Nigel
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Tom Carter explains why he thinks no-platforming undermines free expression
Matthew Brown: Spying on NGOs a step too far
Index youth advisory board member Matthew Brown explores why he thinks mass surveillance has gone too far.
Letter: Why was Homegrown cancelled?
Index on Censorship joined English PEN in a letter calling for transparency around the cancellation of the National Youth Theatre production of Homegrown
Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders
Index on Censorship joins rights groups in condemning the conviction and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus.
Creative team behind Homegrown “deeply shocked” by cancellation
The creative team behind the cancelled National Youth Theatre production Homegrown said they are “deeply shocked.”
Index calls for transparency on Homegrown cancellation
Index on Censorship calls on the National Youth Theatre to publicly disclose its dealings with police and council officials in the lead-up to the cancellation of Homegrown.
Azerbaijan’s authorities reach new low in sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan’s civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
Azerbaijan: Journalist Rasim Aliyev murdered as human rights crackdown continues
Index on Censorship condemns the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev