After twenty years at the helm CRNI’s founder and director Dr Robert Russell steps down from leadership of the organisation
Robert Russell retires, award named in his honour (CRNI, 1 October 2019)
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Index on Censorship
This Week at Index: China – 70 years of regressive free speech curbs
As the People’s Republic of China celebrates 70 years, we reflect on the curbs to freedom of expression there
Dragon Hall Debates: Surveillance
Are we being watched? From Facebook, to China, to the FBI and MI5, the ways in which we’re watched – and the question of who is watching us – seem to be omnipresent in the news cycle.
Press Freedom: Old and Emerging Threats
Join Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg and a panel at the concluding event of the Society of Editors’ 20th anniversary conference in London
Is anything private any more?
When social media and reality TV constantly encourage us to share our most intimate experiences and thoughts, have we forgotten what it means to be private?
Badiucao Wins CRNI’s Courage In Cartooning Award 2019 (2 October 2019)
In recognition of his bold defiance and courageous decision to remove the literal mask of anonymity under which he has worked for a decade, Cartoonists Rights Network International bestows its award for 2019 to the Chinese dissident, campaigner and...
Index on Censorship is looking for a treasurer to join our Board of Trustees
Do you have some spare time to volunteer? Would you like to help support free speech by giving some of your time to Index? Index has an opportunity for a volunteer to join our Board of Trustees as a treasurer. Treasurer Remuneration: Unpaid...
Freedom and the fourth estate
Index chief executive and 2019 Freedom of Expression Award winner Mimi Mefo join a panel of experts to discuss challenges to media freedom worldwide.
Index on Censorship calls for release of Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera
Index on Censorship calls for the release of Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera who has been held in prison for two months
One year after murder of Khashoggi, NGOs renew call for justice
One year after the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Index and other organisations call for the opening of a thorough, independent and effective criminal investigation into the murder of the journalist
Liberty and Index at the Conservative Party Conference
This event will explore the panoply of challenges to freedom of speech in the UK
Russia: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 14 incidents in Russia in September 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.