Index on Censorship gives books promoting tolerance to two men suspended from party after attack on Bookmarks in London. Read the full article.
Ukip members sent ‘mind-broadening’ reading after bookshop attack (Guardian, 9 August 2018)
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Bookmarks attackers sent books to help ‘broaden their minds’ (Bookseller, 9 August 2018)
Index on Censorship is sending political party UKIP a bundle of books, including The Handmaid's Tale and a copy of the Quran, in the hope it will forward them on to those of its members involved in Saturday's attack on Bookmarks bookshop. Read the...
Index on Censorship magazine wins APEX award
Index on Censorship is honoured to announce that our magazine has won an ‘Award of Excellence’ in the ‘Magazines, Journals & Tabloids – Writing (entire issue)’ category for the Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX).
Reading broadens the mind: Send a bookbasher a book
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Saturday, thugs damaged displays and threatened staff at a bookshop in London. At Index on Censorship, we believe reading broadens the mind and helps to create a more tolerant and inclusive society. So we're...
Alex Jones, Infowars and the internet
Index believes that all speech – eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative and even bigoted – should be protected unless it directly incites violence.
Count Dankula: Man who taught pug to do Nazi salute has appeal refused (Independent, 8 August 2018)
Independent cites Index on Censorship in its coverage of the rejection of Mark Meechan's appeal. Read the full article.
What is drill music and why is it linked to violent crime in London? (Metro, 8 August, 2018)
Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the campaign group Index on Censorship, tells Metro: "Banning a kind of music is not the way to handle ideas or opinions that are distasteful or disturbing… This isn’t going to address the issues that lead to the...
Hungary’s deteriorating press and media freedom
The undersigned media freedom organisations are writing to draw your attention to the deteriorating situation of press and media freedom in Hungary, in particular the recent case of Hir TV
Mainframe makes donation to Index on Censorship
Mainframe upholds commitment to free speech with second round of “Proof of Heart” donations
Index condemns attack on London bookshop
Index on Censorship condemns the attack on a London bookshop in which protesters destroyed displays, wrecked books and chanted far-right slogans.
Utah encryption startup donates almost $2M to fight digital snooping (Deseret News, 5 August 2018)
Mainframe, a Utah tech startup working to build a platform for secure and encrypted communications, leveraged a recent venture fundraising effort to raise almost $2 million for nonprofits engaged in fighting digital snooping and political...
China blocks Index on Censorship articles in Sage journals database
Index on Censorship magazine’s publishers Sage have informed Index that seven articles from Index on Censorship magazine, which mention Tiananmen Square, have been blocked on the Sage database of academic journals in China (a paid-to-view platform for academics).