Index on Censorship have raised a Council of Europe alert amid concerns over current legal action against the Dublin Inquirer
Ireland notified by Council of Europe over legal action against media outlet
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Podcast: The Disappeared: How people, books and ideas are taken away, with Oliver Farry and Michella Oré
The autumn 2020 podcast covers the theme of the Disappeared: How people, books and ideas are taken away, with Oliver Farry and Michella Oré
The Disappeared
Volume 49.03 Autumn 2020
Index condemns continued erosion of human rights in Hong Kong
Index condemn the escalation of attacks on basic freedoms in Hong Kong
Interview with Özlem Dalkıran of the Istanbul 10: “It was a clear message to civil society in Turkey: Stop”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 5 July 2017, human rights defenders from a number of different organisations gathered on the island of Büyükada for a workshop on the protection of digital information. On the third day of the workshop, ten of...
Interview with Nadine Strossen: “People should feel free to engage in respectful but robust and highly critical debate”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship's editor in chief Rachael Jolley speaks with Professor Nadine Strossen of New York Law School and a former head of the American Civil Liberties Union. Strossen is one of 150 writers and...
Index joins #HoldTheLine campaign in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines
Campaign takes its name from Ressa’s commitment to ‘hold the line’ in response to sustained state harassment and prolific online violence
Malta: Renewed call for justice 1,000 days after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Index on Censorship joins 12 other organisations in calling on Maltese authorities to honour her legacy and ensure that those implicated in her murder are brought to justice
Time ripe for new defence of freedom of speech and debate (The Times)
Ruth Smeeth, newly appointed CEO of Index on Censorship, writes in The Times about the ongoing work of defending freedom of expression and open debate
International media groups denounce Ressa, Santos’ conviction (Rappler)
Editor in chief Rachael Jolley is quoted in Rappler, an online news organisation based in the Philippines, discussing the recent sentencing of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa to up to six years in prison
Maria Ressa: The celebrated Philippine news boss enraging Duterte (BBC News)
Rachael Jolley, editor in chief of Index on Censorship magazine, speaks to BBC News about CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa’s recent sentencing to up to six years in prison
How big tech is enabling Chinese censorship around the world (The Telegraph)
Index on Censorship’s Jemimah Steinfeld speaks to The Telegraph about how technology is allowing China to impose censorship further and further afield