The Croatian weekly, representing the country's Serbian minority, is the only European newspaper among four candidates that Index on Censorship has shortlisted for its 2018 Freedom of Expression Award. Read the full article
CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Champions of free speech back at LJMU (Liverpool Life, 15 Feb 2018)
LJMU Journalism graduate Danyaal Yasin returned to the university this week to talk to current students about his work at Index on Censorship magazine and website. Read the full article
Max Mosley ‘using data protection law to gag the media’ (The Telegraph, 15 Feb 2018)
Max Mosley, the former head of Formula 1, has been accused of trying to gag the media, using data protection laws to “erase” his notorious sexual history. Read the full article
Whose streets? Private ownership of public space could curb our right to protest (Prospect, 24 Jan 2018)
The erosion of the hard fought-for right to protest is being met with complacency. It's time to speak up. Read the full article
Index on Censorship o tužbi Nenada Popovića protiv KRIK-a (KRIK, 24 Jan 2018)
Mapirajući povrede medijskih sloboda organizacija „Index on Censorship“ zabeležila je i tužbe ministra Nenada Popovića protiv KRIK-a. „Zabrinuti smo da su istraživačke redakcije tužene zbog otkrivanja korupcije vladinih zvaničnika“, piše u...
China Bans Hip-Hop, Popular Culture Of ‘Low-Taste Content’. (Moguldom, 23 Jan 2018)
Will hip-hop help sew the seeds of another Chinese cultural revolution? Hip-hop is a new and wildly popular genre in China, but the country’s censorship board has designated some hip-hop content as immoral and vulgar, and says it doesn’t belong on...
The biggest risk to American journalism isn’t posed by Trump (The Guardian, 19 Jan 2018)
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
Assessing Trump’s press freedom record, one year on (CJR, 19 Jan 2019)
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
Obituary: Lois Sieff (The Times)
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...
‘We want to know who orchestrated Caruana Galizia’s murder’ – CoE partners (Times of Malta, 12 Jan 2018)
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
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