Journalists in the US are facing an unprecedented crackdown on their work. This crackdown is at its most visible when it intersects with protest. Read the full article
JUST UNDER A YEAR AGO, DONALD TRUMP was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. How should we assess his press freedom record so far? Read the full article
Patron of the arts who saved her husband’s life after the president of Marks & Spencer was shot by Carlos the Jackal. Was a member of Writers and Scholars International, which publishes Index, the quarterly magazine that highlights censorship...
Ten international media freedom organisations expressed "deep concern" over the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Read the full article
Index on Censorship joined a letter calling for PACE to appoint a Special Rapporteur to monitor the investigation into the murder of a Maltese journalist.
Journalists tell international delegation of hostility, restricted access
A toxic combination of misinformation, hate speech, and online harassment is pushing several European countries to take action against social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But some believe their actions—however well-intentioned—run...
A cross party group of six MEPs have asked the European Commission to introduce legislation protecting independent media against intimidating lawsuits that attempt to bully media into submission. Read the full article
It wasn’t only the EU nomenklatura who had their noses put out of joint in June 2016, when the British people rudely reminded the Euro-emperor of his embarrassing lack of clothes. Many members of the House of Lords, one suspects, equally resented...
A TOXIC COMBINATION OF MISINFORMATION, hate speech, and online harassment is pushing several European countries to take action against social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But some believe their actions—however well-intentioned—run...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Around seven free expression and anti-corruption groups, and other supporters gathered in London today to remember investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia three months after her tragic murder in Malta,...
Murad Subay sees the devastated streets and bombed buildings in Yemen's war as something more than just ruins: he sees canvases onto which he can tell stories through art. The award-winning 30-year-old street artist's aim is to spread a message of...