Former Index on Censorship editor Sally Laird died recently after a long battle with cancer. Here, Robert Chandler appreciates an extraordinary translator and journalist
Sally Laird 1956 – 2010
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Making a drama out of a crisis
Nick Cohen: Making a drama out of a crisis
PAST EVENT: 20 July: Protecting reputations or strengthening freedom of speech: How should we reform our libel laws?
20 July: Protecting reputations or strengthening freedom of speech: How should we reform our libel laws?
Death of Sally Laird, editor of Index on Censorship, 1988-1989
Index on Censorship is sad to announce the death of Sally Laird on 15 July 2010. Born in 1956, Laird was USSR editor for Index on Censorship between June 1986 and November 1988 and went on to become editor in chief until August 1989. During her...
Ivory Coast: Three journalists arrested
The editor, managing editor and publisher of an Ivory Coast newspaper have been arrested and charged with theft of official documents. The senior managers of the Nouveau Courrier d'Abidjan were arrested after they printed details of a classified...
Belarus Free Theatre – Numbers
A recording of a performance of "Numbers", directed by Vladimir Shcherban, performed in secret by the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw theatre group in Europe's last dictatorship. Now watch Video: Natalia Koliada on surviving in Europe’s last...
PAST EVENT: 20 July. Film screening: The Sun Behind The Clouds
20 July. Film screening: The Sun Behind The Clouds
Democracy Village evicted from Parliament Square
Protesters at London's Democracy Village have lost their appeal against eviction from Parliament Square. Read Index's report from the appeal hearing here
Sir Tom Stoppard presents… Belarus Free Theatre
On Tuesday, Index on Censorship played host to the Belarus Free Theatre, an outlaw company that defies Europe’s last dictatorship. Award-winning playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who has long associations with both organisations, introduced the evening
Natalia Koliada on surviving in Europe’s last dictatorship
Video: Natalia Koliada: “Just imagine, you sit in the evening, you talk to your friend …the next day that friend is kidnapped and killed”
Jon Gaunt has a right to be offensive
The High Court ruling against the controversial disc jockey acknowledged Jon Gaunt’s right to free speech, but failed to uphold it, says Liberty’s Corinna Ferguson
Singapore government bans internment film
A film by director Martyn See featuring a speech by former political detainee Lim Hock Siew, has been banned by Singapore's Information, Arts and Culture Ministry. The films shows Siew discussing the details of his internment, prompting the...