Join us for an evening discussing the Czech banned writer Ludvík Vaculík’s compelling portrait of dissident life
A Czech Dreambook: Dissent as an Everyday Experience
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Index on Censorship
Legal threats to journalists: Call for contributions
Index on Censorship is carrying out research into the scale and nature of vexatious legal threats and actions against journalists in Europe
This Week at Index: 2020 Awards arts nominees, live facial recognition, and oh, would you like to be our new CEO?
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2020 Arts shortlist: Using rap and YouTube satire to protect free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="112380" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hip-hop, satirical YouTube videos, a youth arts festival and rap are some of the ways in which art is being used today to...
Essex Book Festival: The power of protest: Where should we draw the line?
Join Observer columnist Kenan Malik, legendary LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell and artist Stella Odulami for a debate on whether we should stand up for the right to protest. Chaired by Index on Censorship editor-in-chief Rachael Jolley.
This Week at Index: China’s coronavirus cover-up, alert over NI graffiti
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Become the new Chief Executive of Index on Censorship
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We live in the midst of radical changes to the ways people access news and information. When Index on Censorship was founded nearly 50 years ago, few could have foreseen the manner in which technology would now...
Shedding Skin
In September 2019, London-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi announced that one of her photographs, showing women in a hammam, had been taken down by Instagram because, according to the platform, it fell foul of the community’s standards on adult...
Index calls on UK government to respect role of media
Boris Johnson’s exclusion of certain members of the press at a briefing on 3 February is another example of media abuses in the UK, as tracked by Index on Censorship and reported to the Council of Europe
This Week at Index: Hear from our new free speech champions
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Free speech & the law: “Hate Speech” & Non-Discrimination
Although there is no single “hate speech law” in the UK, nor any agreed international definition of the term, a number of laws forbid hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups, which can include things people say, based on colour, race, ethnicity and nationality, religion, and sexual orientation.
Victory is Not an Option
The Victory is Not an Option exhibition is a great example of how with the right training and preparation controversial art can inspire and reward