Freedom of expression is generally protected in the US, but political, legal, economic and cultural factors continue to constrain this fundamental right.
Index on Censorship condemns the 35 year sentence given to whistleblower Bradley Manning. As Manning was not found guilty of the most serious crimes he had been charged with and made no personal gain from his actions, the court should have shown...
Free speech organisation Index on Censorship condemns the cumulative attacks on media freedom in the UK, following whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about mass surveillance by the NSA and GCHQ. These include the recent detention of David...
Index’s Padraig Reidy discusses the case of the Guardian and David Miranda on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story
The situation with regards to freedom of expression in Germany is largely positive, but there are questions over internal mass surveillance.
Using the threat of legal action to force a newspaper into destroying material is a direct attack on press freedom in the UK
Russia’s environment for free expression is deteriorating, especially since the 2012 re-election of President Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday, David Miranda, the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who has been instrumental in revealing mass surveillance programmes run by the US, was detained at London Heathrow. He was held for almost nine hours and questioned under...
Freedom of expression is generally protected in France, although is limited by strict defamation and privacy laws. Several laws have passed since 1972 that have further restricted this fundamental right.
As part of Social Media Week 2013, Index on Censorship, Student Journals and the Youth Media Agency are hosting “Speak now: Regret Later?” where we will debate and discuss the benefits and pitfalls of social media for young people and their future careers.
For the time being the identity of the man who allegedly ordered Nikolai Potapov's killing is being kept secret by the investigators. The editor's killers were caught early on by policemen who were hot on their heels. When Nikolai Potapov, 66, was...
Despite having a generally positive free expression record, Canada has, in recent years, taken some regressive steps.