Index on Censorship
Northern Ireland: Journalism Matters
For much of its violent conflict Northern Ireland was afflicted by political censorship. The body that howled most about this particular form of suppression was Sinn Féin. North and south the party voice was emasculated to varying degrees. In the...
Fifty years of censorship
It is unlikely that the contents of the memo leaked by David Keogh and Leo O’Connor, for which the two men were jailed last week, will ever be disclosed. The British government has a long tradition of covering up its Middle East...
Slavery 2007
Index looks at the history, legacies, the present day traffic and the unfinished business of slavery 200 years after its abolition in British territories.
Awards 2007
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Index on Censorship Award winners 2007
These are the winners of the 2007 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards
Students in Clare College Mohammed cartoon row quizzed by police
The students, understood to be the editor and guest editor of unofficial Clare College magazine Clareification (renamed Crucification for an issue focused on religious satire) were interrogated under Section 5 of the Public Order Act (“harassment,...
Chernobyl’s children struggle to live
Today is a special day for me, a happy one, I am going to a meeting with a former oncology ‘prisoner’. It is almost 15 years since we last saw each other, since the time I photographed him in the Baraŭlany clinic, one of many seriously ill boys and...
Darfur – The desperate hours
Darfur’s agony can be ended. It needs Sudan’s government and Darfur’s rebel leaders to make the right choice, today. The African Union’s “Darfur Peace Agreement” is not only a good deal on paper, but is workable on the ground. If those leaders sign...
Tigers and dragons: The race for the future
Index explores China, economic superpower of the twenty-first century and a fast-tracking India. The race is on.
Big brother goes global
Index on Censorship magazine asks if the age of Big Brother has finally arrived on a scale unimagined except in our wildest dreams and nightmares.
In their own write
Index on Censorship magazine takes a look at how the press in key countries deals with the hard issues that Europe confronts.