Former Sunday Times columnist Kevin Myers has withdrawn from moderating a talk on censorship in Limerick after his appearance in the line-up provoked a storm of “vitriolic” abuse. Read the full article
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has applauded Cambridge University Press' decision to reverse the censorship of hundreds of articles online from one of its journals, but has also urged Chinese authorities not to punish the press for...
Free speech — genuine free speech that tolerates the ideas we find most offensive — must apply equally
Journalism is in a delicate state in the world. The time at the turn of the century when it seemed to be secure in freedom, is gone. As June Jodie Ginsberg, the CEO of Index on Censorship, has observed “it does seem as if the world is more...
Google has fired an employee who wrote a controversial memo opposed to diversity programmes and hiring practices. The company's chief executive said the "offensive" text advanced "harmful gender stereotypes". Did Google do the right thing? Read the...
Jenni Monet, one of a half-dozen journalists arrested this year covering the Standing Rock pipeline protests in North Dakota, recalled being verbally abused by police during her 30-hour detention, including hours in a freezing garage. Monet’s...
Most of the activists who embraced the calls for freedom that resonated across Syria in 2011 were imprisoned, killed or forced into exile before anyone even knew their names. One whose reputation had become known beyond Syria’s borders was Bassel...
Stressing that "constant vigilance and an honest accounting of the country’s track record on press freedom are essential," a coalition of press freedom groups has launched a first-of-its-kind website to track problems faced by reporters on the job...
A Syrian internet freedom activist was executed soon after he disappeared from prison in late 2015, his wife and supporters say they have learned. Bassel Khartabil's wife said he was killed in October 2015 after receiving a death sentence. Read the...
Turkish authorities have arrested at least 115 people who they suspect of being involved in last year's failed military coup and having links with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO). The suspects include journalists, midwives, academics and...
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