Index calls on governments around the world to put pressure on Egypt to release Amal Fathy and to shine a spotlight on the Egyptian government’s frightening tactics to stop the public knowing what is going on in that country.
English PEN, Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders, Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) and IFEX called for a “Free Turkey Media” protest in London on May 15 to protest a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In...
Before she was murdered by a car bomb last October, there were 47 libel suits outstanding against Daphne Caruana Galizia. Her crime? Three decades of crusading investigative journalism that exposed corruption and political collusion in Malta, her...
Proposed amendments on the Data Protection Bill would have the power to ratchet up pressure on editors—and make a poor example of the British press, says Rachael Jolley. When Michelle Tolley from Sparham, Norfolk, was infected with Hepatitis C...
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be visiting the UK for official meetings from 13-15 May. Join us for a protest outside the Turkish Embassy in London calling for the release of Turkey’s imprisoned journalists.
Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg debated Evan Harris on Sky News on 9 May ahead of the UK’s House of Commons vote on amendments to the Data Protection Bill
In the wake of the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, few are likely to disagree that we ought to have more protections over the use of our data. The right to privacy is one enshrined in international convention. But it is vital that in striving...
Index on Censorship believes we are in grave danger of ushering in one protection only to eliminate another: in this case, the protections afforded to and by a free press.
On Monday, 26 press-freedom, civil-rights, labour and civil-liberties groups submitted a letter urging a regional U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to release unjustly detained journalist Manuel Duran Ortega.
The Commons will soon vote on a fresh attempt to curb freedom of the Press by making newspapers pay legal bills even for cases they win. Campaigners fear the “draconian” move would hamper investigative journalism, meaning dodgy business chiefs and...
On Wednesday this week the House of Commons votes on the Data Protection Bill: a bill to regulate the way in which our personal information is processed. Read in full.