With author Jieun Baek, Sharon Thompson, senior lecturer at Cardiff Law School, Times columnist Edward Lucas and journalist Irene Caselli
Podcast: Talking birth, marriage and death taboos
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Index on Censorship
Gatekeepers of censorship: Contemporary erotic art in a digital age
Join Julia Farrington, associate arts producer at Index on Censorship, psychoanalyst and professor Adam Phillips, and artist Celia Hempton as they discuss the challenges in creating erotic art in today’s contemporary art world with journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Wark.
Time’s ‘Person Of The Year’ Reminds Us Journalists Face More Widespread Threats Than Ever (Huffington Post, 11 December 2018)
“The mission of journalism has never been needed as much as it is today. That’s why Rapplers have come back day after day with the best hard-hitting stories they can find. They’re stubborn,” Maria Ressa, CEO of the Filipino news site Rappler, likes...
Birth, Marriage and Death: What are we afraid to talk about?
Join authors Xinran and Emile Pine and Gabby Edlin, CEO of Bloody Good Period, to tackle the tricky topics of the taboo and (self-)censorship when it comes to some of our most human experiences at the launch of Index on Censorship’s latest magazine.
Press freedom organisations call for full justice in the case of assassinated journalist Ján Kuciak
On 6 December 2018, Index on Censorship joined eight partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists to conduct a press freedom solidarity mission to Slovakia to call for full justice in the case of assassinated journalist Ján Kuciak
Tania Bruguera: Injustice exists because previous injustices were not challenged
Tania Bruguera who was detained last week with fellow artists in Cuba for protesting against Decree 349, an artistic censorship law, has written an open letter
Hundreds in Derbyshire investigated for sending offensive online messages (Derbyshire Live, 5 December 2018)
Nearly 500 people have been investigated by Derbyshire police after sending offensive online messages so far this year. Read the full article
A global call: No to Cuba’s Decree 349
The decree does not include anything new to the current practice of the Cuban government, but it does offer a legal cover to a reactionary, ancient and regressive practice
#IndexAwards2019 Rappler editor and actor to judge international freedom of expression awards
Index on Censorship is proud to announce that the executive editor of Rappler.com Maria Ressa and actor Khalid Abdalla will join a panel of judges to select the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship winners.
Tania Bruguera Arrested Twice in Cuban Censorship Law Protests; Threatens to Go on Hunger Strike (Frieze, 4 December 2018)
Bruguera was one of a number of artists protesting the controversial Decree 349 which critics say will censor and limit artistic freedom. Read the full article.
Cuba: Index calls for the immediate release of artists arrested for peacefully protesting law that will limit artistic freedom
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Update: All arrested artists have now been released, although they remain under police surveillance. Cuba's vice minister of culture Fernando Rojas has told the Associated Press that changes will be made...
One year after arrests of murder suspects, international NGOs condemn continued lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nine international freedom of expression, press freedom, and professional journalists’ organisations condemn the lack of justice for the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia a full...