Join us to celebrate the right to read at one or all of these upcoming events.
22-28 Sept: Banned Books Week UK
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Index on Censorship
The Testaments launch parties
Index on Censorship and VINTAGE are coordinating a nationwide series of publication-day celebrations and midnight openings at independent bookshops across the UK as part of Banned Books Week UK to celebrate the publication of Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated The Testaments (sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale) on 10 September.
Russia: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 32 incidents in Russia in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Reporting on the War in Syria as an Unveiled Woman (Zora, 6 August 2019)
Five long, shapeless tops; a pile of loose-fitting, dark-colored jeans; a knee-length coat; and a video camera. Those were the contents of my wardrobe for more than two years, when I lived in and reported on the rebel-held area of Aleppo, known as...
Belarus: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 2 incidents in Belarus in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Azerbaijan: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 5 incidents in Azerbaijan in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
This week at Index: It’s been a busy few months
Index has been very active in the last few months.
We’re going for a lie down in the free speech tent… it’s been a busy few months
Summer is here! As Index gets its tent ready for another festival this weekend, I wanted to share some highlights from the past few months and give you a sneak peek of what we have in store for the autumn.
中国私语
八九学运领袖王丹同著名作家欣然探讨天安门学运结果及其遗产
Andrew Graham-Yooll: Memories of an absent friend (Buenos Aires Times)
Argentine Embassy in London and Anglo-Argentine Society remember late writer and journalist with two events in British capital.
При Порошенко власти были враждебны по отношению к определенным СМИ – Index on Censorship (CTPAHA.UA)
В Украине за период с 1 февраля по 30 июня было зарегистрировано 16 инцидентов, в которых журналисты подвергались физическим нападениям, и 17 случаев, когда на представителей СМИ не только напали, но и повредили им аппаратуру. Об этом сообщает...
This week at Index: Violence as a tool to silence journalists
The latest reports from Index’s monitoring project detail physical violence against journalsits in Russia, Turkey and Ukraine