Louisa Lim: To write my book The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited, I spent a lot of time in fast-food restaurants. Not because I like burgers, but because dissidents often favour the crush of diners and the buzz of conversation,...
Experts working on the security of journalists, press freedom and freedom of expression gather in London to discuss trends that are contributing to a decline in media freedom in the US, and what needs to happen to reverse the situation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="100664" img_size="full"][vc_column_text]Celebrate the start of summer with cocktails and debate at Index on Censorship’s summer magazine launch. In the underground bar of Shoreditch’s quirkiest arts venue,...
Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester Manchester, UK [email protected] 31 May 2018 Dear Mayor Burnham, The undersigned organisations are writing to you to request your support for the release of the award-winning Emirati...
High profile Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko stages his own “murder”, but investigations into death of journalist Pavlo Sherbet must continue
The judge dismissed the case in February, but Esono Ebalé remained effectively trapped in the country. He was issued a passport on 23 May and left the country days later
One of the sons of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia said it feels like his family is at war with the Maltese government over their quest to find out who murdered his mother. Read in full.
Abortion clinic buffer zones set a “dangerous precedent” for freedom of speech, campaigners have warned as they bid to overturn them. Civil liberties groups have written to the seven councils who are currently considering public space protection...
The family of the murdered Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have had little chance to mourn her death because of continuing intimidation, threats and lies, according to her son. Read in full.
The years of 2016 and 2017 have taught us, if nothing else, that the news we write, as much as the news we withhold, can distort the way readers perceive reality, with long-lasting consequences. But who decides what truth should be told? Read in...
International human rights lawyers Doughty Street Chambers have lodged a complaint to the United Nations on behalf of Egyptian campaigner Amal Fathy, her husband and their son after the family was seized by police.
La escasez de papel de periódico en Venezuela ha obligado a algunos periódicos a cerrar, pero los medios digitales se están expandiendo con rapidez para ocupar su lugar y mantener a la gente al tanto de las últimas noticias. Luis Carlos Díaz...