British co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign Arron Banks is refusing to drop the final two SLAPP lawsuits against journalist Carole Cadwalladr who...
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr appeals for support battling SLAPP lawsuit (The Shift)
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Arron Banks drops two parts of libel claim against Carole Cadwalladr (The Guardian)
Arron Banks, the insurance businessman who co-founded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign, has dropped two elements of his libel claim against the...
Media Advisory: Free Expression Spokespeople—New Voices
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Note to news and feature editors: Index on Censorship is running a project to bring new voices to discussions on...
Eastern Partnership must now improve media freedoms (EU Observer)
"It is better than nothing," replied Volha Siakhovich, legal expert for the Belarusian Association of Journalists, when asked about the Eastern...
Kerry Hudson & Rachael Jolley – Chasing Silver Darlings (Podcast from the Past)
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are two award-winners: novelist and memoirist KERRY HUDSON (Tony Hogan Bought Me An...
‘Push back against those who abuse the law to silence the media’ – Index on Censorship (The Shift)
In March last year, hundreds of journalists took the streets in Croatia. But they weren’t covering a news story, they were creating one: staging a...
Free speech & the law: Public Order
Under the Human Rights Act 1998, police officers must respect people’s right to freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). However, Article 10 of the convention states that restrictions on people’s free expression rights may be justified on the grounds of preventing disorder or crime, protecting public safety and protecting the rights of others
Around the Bloc – 16 January (Transitions Online)
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders UK, and Transparency International UK are asking Azerbaijani authorities to reconsider a travel ban...
Azerbaijan Urged To Lift Journalist’s ‘Unjust’ Travel Ban (RFE/RL)
Three nongovernmental organizations are urging Azerbaijan to lift a travel ban against investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova and allow her to...
Human rights groups demand Azerbaijan lift travel ban on investigative journalist (Emerging Europe)
“Azerbaijan is unjustly and unfairly preventing Khadija Ismayilova from travelling internationally as a means to punish her and stifle the spread of...
Standing up to the new machos (Eurozine)
Index on Censorship looks at machismo as a political category. Resisting the suffocation of dissent in the era of the internet means standing up...
Index on Censorship project to expose ‘vexatious’ legal threats on journalists (The Shift)
UK-based non-profit organisation Index on Censorship will be launching a new research project later this month that will expose the extent to which individuals with wealth and influence use “vexatious” legal threats to shut down investigations into their practices.