To: Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin Chair, Article 29 Working Party EUROPEAN COMMISSION B-1049 BRUSSELS DG Justice Dear Ms Falque-Pierrotin, We are writing to express our deep concern over the effects of the so-called Right to be Forgotten ruling, issued...
About Index’s UK arts programme
Why we are doing this programme We believe that freedom of artistic expression lies at the heart of artistic practice and the debate about it needs to be kept live and abreast of changes in society. Index on Censorship’s UK Programme “Freedom of...
ArtFreedomWales: Wales as a centre for artistic freedom of expression
The first of a series of online conversations — this one with Tim Price – playwright, Kathryn Gray – poet and writer, Lisa Jen – musician/actor/writer and Leah Crossley – artist — about artistic expression in Wales.
In memory of Nadine Gordimer
Index remembers the Nobel and Booker Prize winning author, activist and long-time Index supporter
Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations
Over 170 cases have been submitted on a new media freedom crowdsourcing platform since its launch in May, while about half of the mapped cases of censorship and violations that spread in all 28 EU member states and candidate countries occurred in...
Index calls on Morocco to release rapper El Haqed
In an Open Letter to the Moroccan Minister of Justice and Liberties El Mustapha Ramid, 11 organisations committed to the defence of the rights to freedom of expression, culture and the arts have condemned the four-month sentence served against Mouad Belghouate.
Arts Council continues its support of Index as a National Portfolio Organisation
We are delighted that Arts Council England has renewed support for Index on Censorship in its latest round of funding. The Arts Council received more than 800 applications for National Portfolio Organisation funding -- organisations that the...
Civil society calls on Tajikistan to immediately release Alexander Sodiqov
The Civic Solidarity Platform, a coalition of more than 60 human rights NGOs across the OSCE region, expresses its strongest concern about the arrest of and allegations against Mr. Alexander Sodiqov in Tajikistan and urges authorities of Tajikistan...
Right to be forgotten: “A blunt instrument ruling that opens the door for widespread censorship”
Commenting on the recent articles removed from search engines by Google, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship, said: “As Index on Censorship warned when the ruling was delivered last month the 'right to be forgotten' is a blunt instrument...
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Petition calls on Met Opera to reverse Death of Klinghoffer decision
A petition campaign is calling on New York’s Metropolitan Opera to reverse a decision to cancel a simulcast of composer John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer.
Ukraine: No peace plan without accountability for human rights
President Petro Poroshenko 11 Bankova street 01220 Kyiv Ukraine 26 June 2014 Mr President, We, the undersigned members and partners of the Human Rights House Network (HRHN), condemned in the strongest terms human rights violations which took place...
