Zehra Doğan was released from prison on 24 February 2019. She was jailed over a painting she adapted from a Turkish army photograph where she depicted armored vehicles devouring civilians in her hometown, Nusaybin. She was denied access to painting...
Eric Gill / The Body: Terminology
One of the issues addressed in the exhibition Eric Gill: The Body is the sexual abuse of his teenage daughters Betty and Petra. The way in which we address these issues and explain them to our audiences and visitors is extremely sensitive and...
Eric Gill / The Body: Q&A for visitor services
Eric Gill / The Body: Q&A
Eric Gill / The Body: Statement from the Director
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is an award-winning museum in a picturesque Sussex village, yet its charm belies a deeper conflict. For some time, the staff, trustees and our colleagues outside the institution have been engaged in a difficult and...
Eric Gill / The Body: Training Day Schedule
Eric Gill: The Body Training Day Schedule 10.00 to 13.30, 10 April, Clore Learning Space Please arrive promptly, refreshments served from 9.30 Please rsvp if you haven’t already done so to [email protected] SCHEDULE 10.00 NH:...
Tax expert Maya Forstater fired for saying trans women aren’t women (The Times, 5 May 2019)
An internationally renowned researcher on tax avoidance is believed to be the first person in Britain to lose her job for saying that transgender women are not women. Maya Forstater, 45, was told by her managers that she had used “offensive and...
What is left of a free Press? (Buenos Aires Times, 4 May 2019)
The last and really big incident was the murder in Pinamar on January 25, 1997, of Noticias reporter and photographer José Luis Cabezas, aged 36, trapped when enquiring into the proceedings of mafia groups closely linked to the government of Carlos...
World Press Freedom Day: Jailed for a painting (BBC World, 3 May 2019)
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. Around the world, hundreds of journalists are imprisoned for doing their jobs, and the highest number is in Turkey - according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and...
21-25 May: Who Are We? at Tate Exchange
Join 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards Arts Fellow Zehra Doğan as she participates in the third year of Who Are We? at the Tate Exchange.
World Press Freedom Day should bring freedom for Musa Kart and his Cumhuriyet colleagues
Index on Censorship joins Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) to report that the internationally acclaimed cartoonist Musa Kart is again a prisoner this World Press Freedom Day.
This week at Index: #WorldPressFreedomDay Governments must do more to ensure the safety of journalists
On World Press Freedom Day we call on governments to do more to ensure the safety of journalists
Online harms and media freedom: UK response to Council of Europe lacks concrete details
“The UK’s response to our Council of Europe alert lacks concrete details about how government proposals dealing with online harms will not damage media freedom and the public’s right to information,” said Joy Hyvarinen, head of advocacy, Index on Censorship.
