CATEGORY: Index in the Press

One of IWPR’s long-term contributors from Kazakstan, Gaziza Baituova, has been nominated for the Index on Censorship Journalism Award 2017. Read the full article

A Bahraini criminal court has sentenced a sports journalist to three months in prison for a tweet that allegedly defamed the Sunni sect of Islam. Read the full article

Організація Index on Censorship відзначила посилення ворожого ставлення по відношенню до ЗМІ по всьому світу. Поширення подібних настроїв призводить до зростання нападів на працівників ЗМІ а також загрожує свободі слова. Read the full...

Våra friheter är under hård press. En sammanställning av Index on Censorship beskriver 2016 som ett år av angrepp mot både enskilda journalister och det fria ordet som ”saknar motstycke” Read the full article

We discuss the situation in Aleppo, the re-emergence of populism in the West, how music can fight against censorship, and the luxuries and private lives of world leaders. Plus: today’s business news, an interview with Hong Kong interior designer...

A group of data experts have attacked the provisions for data sharing in the UK digital economy bill ahead of its report stage and third reading in the House of Parliament today. In a letter to The Telegraph on Friday experts warned of their...

Journalists are facing an “unprecedented” wave of attacks around the world with increased hostility to the media leading to assaults on individuals as well as press freedom, according to a new report. A series of crackdowns on media workers and...

Information specialists call for removal of personal data sharing proposals 'in their entirety' if necessary technical and legal safeguards cannot be embedded in current Bill and codes of practice. Read the full article

Twenty-six IT experts and privacy advocates have urged the government to improve protections around the personal data sharing proposals in the Digital Economy Bill – or remove them entirely. Read the full article

Pornography websites that show ‘non-conventional sexual acts’ could be blocked in a tough Government crackdown. Internet service providers could be forced to block sites hosting content that would not be certified for commercial DVD sale by the...