PEN America and 32 other prominent arts organizations have come together to jointly file a friend of the court brief in the case of State of Hawaii v. Trump, urging the Supreme Court to strike down the third iteration of the Trump travel ban...
As the promoter of the We are Funny Project, the biggest open mic comedy network in London, I have experienced a very rocky last few weeks, veering between depression and elation. Read the full article.
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at the office and printing plant of the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and an additional...
The undersigned international press freedom groups call on Turkish authorities to immediately release the 12 printworkers and staff arrested on 28 March at the premises and print works of the newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and the further 15 staff taken into custody after home raids on the morning of 29 March 2018
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="99113" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] Organised or state-instigated attacks against journalists, news organisations or the very idea of news itself range from intimidation to...
Andy Wightman MSP lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament on 27 March on media freedom following Index on Censorship’s annual Mapping Media Freedom report
The human rights group of lawyers and journalists take up and report on high profile human rights cases in Russia.
There were 1,089 verified reports of limitations to press freedom in Europe in 2017, with a majority of violations coming from official or governmental bodies, according to the Index on Censorship's Mapping Media Freedom platform. Read the full...
Europejskim Centrum Wolności Prasy i Mediów (ECPMF) wraz z Międzynarodowy Instytut Prasowy (IPI) uruchamia dziś fundusz wielkości 450 000 EUR w celu wspierania transgranicznego dziennikarstwa śledczego. http://www.ij4eu.net/ Fundusz „Investigative...
These anonymous women are fighting against the restrictions on Iranian women’s use of public spaces, including stadiums.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Doughty Street International’s Media Defence Panel invites you to join a breakfast seminar on freedom of expression and the protection of journalists and human rights activists in Egypt. Hosted in association with...
In the last year or so, conversations about inequality have levelled up, but the tech industry hasn’t been critiqued as majorly just yet. A recent global study revealed that just 9 per cent of IT leadership roles are given to women, whereas this...