Index on Censorship supports today’s court challenge to the use of counter-terrorism powers to detain David Miranda at Heathrow airport in August. Index is a member of a coalition of free speech and media organisations that has made a written...
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Angela Merkel: Stop mass surveillance
‘If Angela Merkel does not like the idea of having her phone monitored by the NSA then she needs to do something about it.' Following allegations that the NSA monitored the mobile phone of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Index on Censorship...
Free speech groups, celebrities and citizens demand EU ends mass surveillance
Nearly 40 free speech groups from across the world are calling on the European Union to take a stand against mass surveillance by the US and other governments. The groups have joined a petition organised by Index on Censorship, which has already...

Q&A: Mass surveillance and what it means to you
What is actually happening? Following initial revelations in The Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reports by international media organisations, including the New York Times and Washington Post, have revealed that the US, UK and other...

Tell David Cameron #dontspyonme
Index has launched a petition calling on European Heads of Government to stop the US, UK and other governments from carrying out mass surveillance. We want to use public pressure to ensure Europe’s leaders put on the record their opposition to mass...
Index on Censorship condemns verdicts in Bradley Manning case
Free speech organisation Index on Censorship condemns the guilty verdicts in the trial of Bradley Manning. However, we welcome the verdict of not guilty to the charge of aiding the enemy. Index Editor, Online and News, Sean Gallagher said:...
‘Privacy and freedom from state intrusion’
Stephen Fry, Bianca Jagger and Anish Kapoor sign Index on Censorship petition to end mass surveillance by the NSA, GCHQ and other governments. Celebrities, artists, activists and politicians have signed an Index on Censorship petition calling for...
Index wins 2013 Hermann Kesten Prize from German PEN
Index on Censorship has been awarded the 2013 Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Center Germany. The award was given in recognition of Index's work fighting censorship around the world. In particular, the jury acknowledged Indexs lack of political...

Tell Europe’s leaders to stop mass surveillance #dontspyonme
Index on Censorship has launched a petition calling on European Union Heads of Government to stop the US, UK and other governments from carrying out mass surveillance.

Index calls on Egypt’s interim government to halt censorship of media
In the wake of the ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt and commitments to initiate a road map to return to democracy, Index on Censorship calls on Egypt’s interim government to stop all censorship introduced as part of the military takeover, immediately reverse the closure of media outlets, release journalists arrested, and to allow a free and open media to operate representing all views in society.
Press releases from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression