The UK has refused visas for a second time to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency.
This week at Index: British values don’t extend to welcoming foreign artists
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Louis Blom-Cooper, barrister and writer, 1926-2018 (Financial Times, 27 September 2018)
Louis Blom-Cooper, who has died at the age of 92, was an outspoken barrister, journalist, campaigner and public servant with a powerful intellect, liberal beliefs and a clearly visible contrarian streak. Read the full article.
Award-winning Cuban artists denied UK visas
The UK has refused visas for a second time to two award-winning Cuban artists who had been invited to take up a two-week artistic residency.
UK counter-terrorism law would restrict freedom of expression
Freedom of expression campaigners, human rights groups and legal experts are raising concerns that proposed new counter-terrorism legislation in the United Kingdom would restrict freedom of expression and limit access to information online.
Bulgaria must ensure safety of journalists
Press freedom organisations have written to the Bulgarian prime minister to express their concern over the treatment of a team of journalists investigating corruption in Bulgaria.
Counter-terrorism bill raises media freedom concerns
Index on Censorship has filed an official notification with the Council of Europe raising concerns about the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill’s impacts on media freedom in the UK.
Saudi Arabia: Authorities must release Yemeni writer Marwan Al-Muraisy
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 label Guardian and Foreign Policy articles terrorist propaganda (Ahval, 5 September 2018)
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...
Why Banned Books Week is more important than ever in 2018 (The Bookseller, 24 September 2018)
Today marks the launch of Banned Books Week: a nationwide campaign celebrating the freedom to read and challenging censorship. Read the full article
50 years since the end of theatre censorship: how the Lord Chamberlain was given the boot (The Stage, 18 September 2018)
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
“Reckless” counter-terror bill a threat to academic research
Index on Censorship explores the impact of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill on academic freedom with Dr Lawrence McNamara
Govt rejects national ‘buffer zones’ around abortion centres (Christian Institute, 14 September 2018)
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