Index decided it would be best to deliver our #DontSpyOnMe petition to EU leaders the old fashioned way…
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Angela Merkel: Stop mass surveillance
‘If Angela Merkel does not like the idea of having her phone monitored by the NSA then she needs to do something about it.' Following allegations that the NSA monitored the mobile phone of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Index on Censorship...
Global: Oppression Online – Rights and Restrictions on the Network (24 October)
A workshop exploring the social and economic implications of national-level ICT legislation and regulation and looking into the impact of international telecom practices on human rights. In partnership with Pakistan's Centre for Social and Policy...
EU leaders: Halt mass surveillance
Index on Censorship sent the following letter to Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, and Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council: I am writing to you on behalf of 40 non-governmental organizations (listed below)...
Sarah Brown: ‘If you can see it, you can be it’
The following speech by Sarah Brown, education campaigner for A World at School, was delivered at the launch event for the autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine. I am delighted to be at Lilian Baylis Technology School – I went to school in...
Not heard?
Our special report explores the voices of those who are rarely heard and the countless reasons why those people are ignored, suppressed or actively censored, as well as the power of journalism to make those voices audible.
Includes articles by: Amartya Sen asks “what is press freedom good for?”; Johanna Schwartz and Fadimata Walet Oumar report on Mali’s censored musicians; Charlotte Cross and Banu Khetab ask if women are going to lose out in Afghanistan; Philip Pullman tells why authors must be paid.
Locking up free expression: Azerbaijan silences critical voices
Intimidation, violence and media clampdown – free expression in Azerbaijan is under siege. The country’s record on free expression has undergone a marked deterioration in the run up to its presidential election.
Index on Censorship calls for new transparent discussions on press regulation
In response to reports that the UK newspaper industry’s Royal Charter proposal will be rejected tomorrow, Index on Censorship Chief Executive Kirsty Hughes said today: Unconfirmed reports that the Privy Council will reject the newspaper industry’s...
National Poetry Day: Jack Mapanje
To celebrate National Poetry Day, Index is publishing some of our favourite poems from our archives. This poem is from Jack Mapange of Malawi
Past: Not Heard? Autumn Magazine Launch (15 October)
FEATURING SARAH BROWN IN CONVERSATION WITH HELEN LEWIS (New Statesman) Join us in the heart of an inner London school community to launch the Autumn magazine with its special report on suppressed, ignored and censored voices - spotlighting silenced...
Elsewhere… Frontline Club Awards (24th October)
THE FRONTLINE CLUB Awards recognise emerging talents and established names for outstanding work, in print, broadcast and photojournalism. Featuring Glenn Greenwald from the Guardian and Harold Evans, the former editor of The Sunday Times, alongside...
Elsewhere… Anna Politkovskaya Award 2013 (4th October)
HOSTED BY RAW IN WAR the Annual Anna Politkovskaya Award celebrates outstanding women human rights defenders working in conflict zones. On the eve of Anna Politkovskaya's murder, join RAW in WAR for an evening of music, theatre and...