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House of Lords must ensure Prevent is subject to independent review
Index on Censorship joins with seven other human rights organisations to call for an independent review of the UK’s Prevent strategy.
‘LABOUR CENSORS’ Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party accused of shackling the Press in damning report (The Sun, 14 November 2018)
The section on “political interference” said methods they use “can take many forms sometimes subtle (behind-the-scenes phone calls to an editor), sometimes overt (preventing a journalist affiliated with particular outlets from attending a press...
Risks, rights and reputations: challenging a risk averse culture
This vital half-day training for CEOs and chairs of trustees supports arts and cultural organisations to handle difficult subjects and sensitive stories to deliver the best work possible
22 November: UK Internet Governance Forum 2018
This year’s UK-Internet Governance Forum meeting is being held at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London and will focus on Solutions for The Digital Age.
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: What do the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a Danish member of parliament, and a news anchor from the Philippines have in common? They have all been subject to a misapplication of Facebook’s Community Standards. But unlike the...
Von Beleidigung bis Mord (Die Welt, 13 November 2018)
Politische Parteien fühlen sich ungern von den Medien an die Wand gedrängt, die italienische Regierungspartei Fünf Sterne ist keine Ausnahme. Ihre verbalen Ausschläge gegen Kritiker sind jedoch Besorgnis erregend. Journalisten seien nichts als...
Labour and SNP named in report on threats to journalists for “political interference” with media (Press Gazette, 13 November 2018)
A report on threats facing members of the press in Europe has criticised UK politicians for having “smeared journalists and media outlets critical of them” and dismissing news reports as “fake news”. Read the full article.
New report details state of media freedom in EU
Index on Censorship has released a new report detailing the state of media freedom in 35 European countries in the past four years. Threats include being burned in effigy, insulted, menaced, spat at, threatened with death and rape. There have been assassinations, lawsuits, and assaults.
Annual review of listed terrorist organisations would be a step in the right direction for counter-terror bill
While there has been little progress in the House of Lords when it comes to protecting freedom of expression in the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill, a proposed new amendment by Lord Anderson deserves support.
A letter to Aung San Suu Kyi: Overturn conviction, free Reuters journalists
At the recent World Economic Conference in Hanoi, Viet Nam, Aung San Suu Kyi defended the 3 September conviction and sentencing of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and invited anyone who believes in the rule of law to point out why the judgment was problematic. 52 IFEX members and other groups have taken her up on this invitation.
Rachael Jolley: Transparency, trust, and terms and conditions
Democracy must supply its own terms and conditions, ones that create structure for rights and responsibilities, both for its citizens and for corporations operating within it.