ALQST for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, English PEN, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Index on Censorship, and PEN International call on the authorities in Saudi Arabia to release Yemeni writer and online activist Marwan Al-Muraisy, who has been subject to enforced disappearance since June.
Turkish prosecutors listed articles from websites such as The Guardian newspaper and Foreign Policy magazine as evidence of what they said was terrorist propaganda in an indictment against a jailed Kurdish lawyer and academic, human rights group...
Today marks the launch of Banned Books Week: a nationwide campaign celebrating the freedom to read and challenging censorship. Read the full article
Half a century on from the end of official British theatre censorship, Nick Smurthwaite looks at writers and critics who campaigned for freedom of expression and works that were given the chop by the Lord Chamberlain. Read the full article
Index on Censorship explores the impact of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill on academic freedom with Dr Lawrence McNamara
Nationwide ‘buffer zones’ will not be introduced around abortion centres by the Government, in a move welcomed by advocates for the unborn. Read the full article
Join us on September 18th for a discussion featuring several prominent GNI civil society, academic, and company members presenting their perspectives on the potential global implications of the U.S. CLOUD Act.
You have just until 24 September to tell us about your free speech champions.
A group of mothers who were offered help outside abortion clinics by pro-life vigils have welcomed the Home Secretary decision to reject pressure from abortion lobby groups to introduce nationwide ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics. Read the...
The Home Secretary has rejected calls for "buffer zones" to be introduced around abortion clinics nationwide. Sajid Javid made his decision based on the fact that there is already a wide range of powers available to local authorities and the police...
Evolution is being dropped from school biology texts in Turkey. In Hungary, academic freedoms are increasingly threatened. Time to worry, says Rachael Jolley. Read the full article.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parliament needs to stop creating piecemeal laws to address content online - or which make new forms of speech illegal. Index is very concerned about the plethora of law-making initiatives related to online...