Hate speech is the thorniest of issues for defenders of free speech. When asked where those who champion freedom of expression would draw the line on ‘acceptable’ speech, many of even the usually most stalwart proponents of free speech draw it...
With the observation of World Press Freedom Day on Thursday, a group of press freedom organizations is calling attention to challenges faced by journalists in the United States. The report cites a number of threats to the work of journalists,...
The United States media - one of the best protected in the world - is facing challenges that threaten the freedom of the press. This is the finding of an unprecedented press freedom mission that took place in January 2018, one year after President...
Freedom of expression is one of our most valuable human rights, and it’s particularly vital to ensuring a free press. Protected by Article 10 of the Human Rights Convention, which is part of UK law through the Human Rights Act, free expression...
Last January 1st, Bulgaria took over the 6-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time. After a troubled transition from Communism, in its first decade as a member of the EU (2007-2017) the country registered...
Imagine if Christiane Amanpour and Kate Adie were arrested for supporting ‘terrorist organizations’ or if Mehdi Hassan and Oprah Winfrey were sentenced to life in the highest security prison for ‘plotting to overthrow the state’. This may seem...
“A free media is essential for holding state authorities, including their legal system, accountable.”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Threats to media increased during the Obama administration, which brought record number of whistleblower prosecutions. President Trump’s verbal attacks on the media have worsened a hostile climate to the press....
Imagine if Christiane Amanpour and Kate Adie were arrested for supporting ‘terrorist organizations’ or if Mehdi Hassan and Oprah Winfrey were sentenced to life in the highest security prison for ‘plotting to overthrow the state’. This may seem...
Evening Standard editor and former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has warned that proposed Data Protection Bill cost amendments would be a “body blow” to the regional press. Read in full.
Мы, нижеподписавшиеся 26 международных правозащитных организации в сфере медиа и интернет-свобод, решительно осуждаем попытки Российской Федерации заблокировать интернет-мессенджер Telegram, результатом которых стали широкомасштабные нарушения свободы выражения мнения и доступа к информации, и в т.ч. массовая блокировка сторонних вебсайтов.
We note with dismay the UK’s poor ranking in the latest Reporters Without Borders world press freedom index [“Secrets Act curbs hit UK ranking for press freedom”, April 25]. Index on Censorship has fought against censorship globally — and in...