The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists this November highlights urgency of justice for journalists amid high numbers of deaths
This Week at Index: Crimes against journalists must be punished
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Call to end impunity for those involved in journalists’ murders
Index and partner organisations are calling on governments to end impunity for crimes against journalists
Index deputy editor to stand for election as MP
Index on Censorship's deputy editor Sally Gimson is making headlines of her own after being selected as a Labour candidate in the General Election on December 12. Sally will be standing as a candidate to become MP of Bassetlaw, in Nottinghamshire,...
Index calls on European Court of Human Rights to support Kurdish journalist
Global press freedom groups, including Index on Censorship, argue Turkey no longer offers domestic remedy A coalition of 10 international press freedom and journalism organisations has intervened at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
This Week at Index: More incidents of violence against journalists in Ukraine
The Index media monitoring project has tracked a significant increase in violence against journalists in Ukraine, including death threats
Australia denies Cameroonian journalist visa for press freedom conference (The Guardian)
A Berlin-based journalist who was due to speak at a press freedom conference in Brisbane has said she was denied a visa by the Australian government because they believed she might try to stay.
Rap for rapper
London drill rapper Rico Racks has been jailed for three years for drug offences and banned from using certain words in his rap songs. This is not the first time rappers have been told by the courts to exclude certain words from their music,...
Index magazine on Resonance FM
Index on Censorship magazine editors Jemimah Steinfeld and Rachael Jolley discuss the latest issues on freedom of expression at the border
Turkey: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 9 incidents in Turkey in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Index urges the Australian government to reconsider its decision to refuse a visa to award-winning journalist Mimi Mefo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mimi Mefo, winner of this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award, is due to give a keynote speech at the Integrity 20 conference in Brisbane. The conference, hosted by Griffith University, is an...
Belarus: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 5 incidents in Belarus in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Fundación Karisma: The tension around free speech and social media is one of the big issues of our time
We caught up with Carolina Botero Cabrera, executive director of Fundación Karisma, to find out what the organisation has been working on since winning the Index award in April