Freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship has joined the Banned Books Week Coalition as the first international member of the US-based alliance. Read the full article
Banned Books Week coming to the UK this year
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
One of Mexico’s most revered narco journalists was gunned down outside his office (Vice News)
One of the most experienced and respected journalists covering Mexico’s brutal drug war was murdered Monday in Sinaloa, a state plagued by narco violence. Read the full article
Backstory: The Many Shades of Journalistic Fearlessness (The Wire)
Unlike other people’s definitions of who you are – something over which one can exercise little control – self-definitions are tricky little customers. They kind of stick to you like burrs and every now and then you will be forcibly reminded of...
UK rights group urges queen to tackle Bahrain king on repression (Middle East Eye)
British rights activists have called on the queen to protest against rising repression, torture and executions in Bahrain when she meets the Gulf state's king in the UK on Friday. Read the full article.
Journalists need courage and paranoia in repressive Maldives regime (The New Arab)
When satirical blogger Yameen Rasheed was brutally murdered in the stairwell of his apartment block on 23 April, it brought home a regrettable reality for fellow Maldivian journalist Zaheena Rasheed (no relation): Paranoia can be paralysing, but...
Free speech groups call for public interest defence for whistleblowers (The Guardian)
A public interest defence should be created to protect journalists and whistleblowers who disclose secret information that reveals serious criminal activity or widespread breaches of human rights, an alliance of free speech organisations has said....
New report from Index on Censorship paints a bleak picture for U.S. press freedom (Poynter)
The press freedom situation in the United States is worsening not only because of President Trump's anti-press rhetoric but because of a constellation of factors including arrests, detainment, lawsuits, physical violence and outright censorship,...
Double standards: Do all journalist lives matter? (The Manila Times)
Taha avoids giving his last name to journalists, but not out fear of the Sudanese government, whose harassment he fled in 2015. “I don’t want any of the people I worked with to know I’m here,” he tells Al Jazeera, writing by instant messaging from...
UK falls further down the World Press Freedom Index (Wired)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published the 2017 rankings for the World Press Freedom Index – a system for rating the freedom of the media and journalists across the world. Read the full article
America’s place in the world (National Review)
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