Each year Index on Censorship honours activists who have been at the forefront of tackling censorship globally. Click hears from Jodie Ginsberg about some of nominees including creators of the Museum of Dissidence in Cuba. She is joined Guy...
Index launches campaign to raise awareness of legal actions against journalists
Index on Censorship has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the use of legal threats to silence journalists and activists
Confronting SLAPP suits: Don’t let them silence you
As part of our work on media freedom, Index on Censorship is launching a campaign to raise awareness among journalists and activists about the increasing use of legal threats as a means of silencing critics and investigative reporting.
Eight vigils around the world to mark six months since Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder (Malta Today, 16 April 2018)
Eight vigils around the world, including Malta, Berlin and Washington DC, will be held on Monday 16 April, commemorating six months since the death of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Read the full article.
Kidnapping: a tactic to silence journalists (Open Democracy, 16 April 2018)
In the spring issue of the Index on Censorship magazine, we interviewed Aasim Saaed, who was kidnapped and held in captivity for 21 days last year. He said his kidnapping departed from the past because it was carried out by state forces, rather...
From Washington To Berlin: Vigils To Mark Six Months Since Caruana Galizia’s Assassination (Lovin Malta, 15 April 2018)
Eight vigils will be held across the world today to mark six months since the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb outside her home. Read the full article.
Vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Brussels (CPJ, 15 April 2018)
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Il-Kenniesa, Reporters Without Borders, Transparency International, and European Federation of Journalists, are holding a vigil at the Schuman Roundabout - located between key EU institutions - to mark the 6th...
UN Amina J. Mohammed Meets Nigeria Oil Exec on SDGs, Heads to Qatar, Censors (Inner City Press, 13 April 2018)
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed was in Abuja when her government illegally refouled 47 to Cameroon, where some face the death penalty. She said nothing at the time, and later issued a strange joint statement with her President Buhari,...
Freedom of Expression Awards (BBC, 12 April 2018)
Each year Index on Censorship honours activists who have been at the forefront of tackling censorship globally. Click hears from Jodie Ginsberg about some of nominees including creators of the Museum ofDissidence in Cuba. She is joined Guy Muyembe,...
#IndexAwards2018: Novosti weekly stands up for journalism
Novosti weekly is a Serbian-language magazine in Croatia that is run by journalists who are both Serbs and Croats and are some of the most highly esteemed reporters in the country.
Ealing’s “safe zones” could damage right to protest
Index on Censorship is deeply concerned that the adoption of a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in Ealing would set a dangerous precedent that could have far-reaching impacts on the right to protest and freedom of expression
#IndexAwards2018: MuckRock advocates for government transparency
The nonprofit, collaborative news site, MuckRock, is used by journalists, activists and members of the public to request, receive and share government documents from any agency that is subject to transparency laws in the United States, hoping to make policies more open to the public, and democracies further informed.
