Afghanistan’s ArtLords, a group of Afghan activists and artists in Kabul, has been nominated for 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards. Read the full article.
Two Nigerian non-governmental organizations, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the Institute for Media and Society (IMS) were on Tuesday named among 15 “Global champions of free expression” shortlisted for the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of...
Siding with a journalist who was secretly filmed having sex in her own home, the European Court of Human Rights fined Azerbaijan on Thursday for violating the woman’s privacy and freedom of expression. Read the full article
“The mission of journalism has never been needed as much as it is today. That’s why Rapplers have come back day after day with the best hard-hitting stories they can find. They’re stubborn,” Maria Ressa, CEO of the Filipino news site Rappler, likes...
Nearly 500 people have been investigated by Derbyshire police after sending offensive online messages so far this year. Read the full article
Bruguera was one of a number of artists protesting the controversial Decree 349 which critics say will censor and limit artistic freedom. Read the full article.
The section on “political interference” said methods they use “can take many forms sometimes subtle (behind-the-scenes phone calls to an editor), sometimes overt (preventing a journalist affiliated with particular outlets from attending a press...
A report on threats facing members of the press in Europe has criticised UK politicians for having “smeared journalists and media outlets critical of them” and dismissing news reports as “fake news”. Read the full article.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In October 2018 Ireland voted -- with a significant majority -- to amend article 40.6.1 of its constitution to remove the criminalisation of the “publication or utterance" of anything deemed blasphemous. All...
What I am concerned about is this removal of agency, this idea that simply because we hear something extreme, that we will go out and commit hateful and extremist acts
Index on Censorship in the press contains news and updates on Index campaigns and projects in media outlets. Index on Censorship also provides commentary to news organisations on free expression topics.
