Nearly 500 people have been investigated by Derbyshire police after sending offensive online messages so far this year. Read the full article
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
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.
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.
[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...
[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...
On 12 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. The proposal is very problematic from a fundamental rights and free expression perspective. Index on...
Index on Censorship is disappointed that Canada’s Supreme Court has upheld a decision by lower courts that requires a journalist with VICE Media to hand over materials.
A narrative of safety and risk is hampering freedom of speech on UK university campuses, a new Index report has found.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship and international human rights lawyers at Doughty Street Chambers condemn the continued detention of Amal Fathy – an Egyptian activist who made a video about her experience of sexual...
Mohamed Lotfy, executive director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, the organisation that won the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Campaigning, has been awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
We urge EU officials to discuss Turkey’s freedom of expression crisis and fractured rule of law during their high-level political dialogue with the Turkish government on 22 November