It finds that Rajab should never have been prosecuted and that Bahraini authorities employed “vague and overly broad” legal provisions to target him for his “political views and convictions”
Campaigners from Index on Censorship have sent books from left-wing bookshop Bookmarks to three UKIP members involved in a protest there at the weekend. Read the full article.
To convey the support for Shahidul Alam, the detained photojournalist and activist, Index on Censorship and twenty-three other globally renowned civil society organisations have signed a petition calling immediate unconditional release and dropping...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On 6 August 2018, Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam was arrested and detained for allegedly “making provocative comments”, and “giving false information” to media, contrary to the Information...
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Index on Censorship gives books promoting tolerance to two men suspended from party after attack on Bookmarks in London. Read the full article.
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 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).
[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...
Index believes that all speech – eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative and even bigoted – should be protected unless it directly incites violence.
Independent cites Index on Censorship in its coverage of the rejection of Mark Meechan's appeal. Read the full article.