16 years ago Facebook arrived on the scene followed shortly by Twitter. We thought it was going to open up pleasant social discourse. How wrong we were.
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Index on Censorship
Organisations call on Russia to end targeting of journalists covering Moscow protests
A coalition of eight media freedom and journalists’ organisations are calling on Russian authorities to immediately stop the harassment of journalists who have been covering the recent protests in Moscow.
New free speech campaign to train up advocates in UK and US
Index on Censorship, one of the world’s leading freedom of expression groups, wants to reverse the trend of free speech being pitted against advocacy for social change.
Turkey: Press freedom violations July 2019
There were 29 incidents in Turkey in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Indies win funding to mark The Testaments publication day (Bookseller)
Vintage, in partnership with Index on Censorship, joined forces earlier this year to fund the best ideas for publication events. Winners Red Lion Books in Colchester and Rogan's Books in Bedford will divide the £750 fund equally. Read the full...
The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen (The Economist, 19 August 2019)
Frequent visitors to the skatepark on London’s South Bank may have noticed two new works of art among the decades-old graffiti. Both spray-painted in black and white, one image depicts a naked and emaciated mother clutching a newborn; another shows...
The street artist capturing the impact of the war in Yemen (Economist)
Using stencils and spray paint, Murad Subay creates haunting figures, portraits and motifs. Read the full article.
Groups troubled by appointment of Lord Carlile as Prevent reviewer
Lord Carlile’s close ties with and publicly declared support for the Prevent strategy undermine the integrity and credibility of the review.
Appointment of ‘biased’ Carlile to Prevent review ‘shatters its credibility’ (Observer)
Lord Carlile told parliament he was ‘somewhat biased’ towards controversial anti-terror programme, undermining his position, rights groups say. Read the full article.
In no man’s land: anger as publisher puts book criticising army on hold (Observer)
Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard. Read the full article.
An upcoming review of the Prevent counter-extremism programme is at risk of becoming a “whitewash”
The groups are urging the government to ensure that the review of Prevent is comprehensive and truly independent
Review of Prevent counter-extremism scheme risks becoming ‘whitewash’, government warned (Independent)
A review of the controversial Prevent counter-extremism programme is at risk of becoming a “whitewash”, the government has been warned. Read the full article.