Photographer covering conditions at a Kent asylum centre has had his equipment confiscated
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate de-arrest of photographer Andy Aitchison
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Covid-19 and its challenges for journalists (Monocle)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship Head of Content explained the problems the Covid-19 pandemic has placed on journalists for the French magazine Monocole. In the podcast "The Stack", run by Monocle, Steinfeld said that the...
New legislation could see universities forced to protect freedom of speech (Daily Express)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship CEO Ruth Smeeth added her thoughts to proposed legislation to protect free speech in UK universities. The legislation known as the Freedom of Speech (Universities) Bill 2019-21, proposed by...
How Covid-19 has provided cover for the silencing of journalists (The Times)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The global Covid-19 pandemic has been the root cause of some of the most concerning and frightening attacks on journalists worldwide. For The Times' Red Box, Index's Head of Content Jemimah Steinfeld laid out why...
Two countries, one system: why we must drop the pretence
The arrest of more than 50 people involved in last year’s pro-democracy primaries means no-one in Hong Kong is safe, write Mark Frary and Benjamin Lynch
A win for Assange, but not for free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the USA to stand trial for charges of espionage came as welcome relief to Assange’s family and supporters. However, he remains detained...
The declining state of freedoms in Poland and Slovenia
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="115932" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]As part of the launch of the new Index on Censorship magazine, which looks at the underreported stories of the last...
Index urges UN Secretary-General to demand member states respect human rights following Ruhollah Zam execution
Following the execution on Saturday in Iran of Ruhollah Zam, an activist and journalist who had been accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent, Index call on the UN Secretary-General to demand members respect the UN Declaration on Human Rights
UK online harms proposals could gravely impact free speech
Index has significant concerns about the UK government’s proposals for online harms and their unintended consequences on free speech
Contents – Masked by Covid: The underreported stories of 2020 that must be heard
A look at what’s inside our Winter 2020 issue, which looks at the stories that should have received more attention were it not for Covid
Masked by Covid
Volume 49.03 Autumn 2020
Slapp lawsuit against Swedish magazine Realtid filed in London
Index and other press freedom organisations call for an end to litigation designed to silence valuable and necessary investigative journalism