The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, has today written to the UK government to express his concerns about the impacts of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill on media freedom, which Index on Censorship and others have criticised.
Freedom of expression campaigners, human rights groups and legal experts are raising concerns that proposed new counter-terrorism legislation in the United Kingdom would restrict freedom of expression and limit access to information online.
Press freedom organisations have written to the Bulgarian prime minister to express their concern over the treatment of a team of journalists investigating corruption in Bulgaria.
Index on Censorship has filed an official notification with the Council of Europe raising concerns about the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill’s impacts on media freedom in the UK.
ALQST for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, English PEN, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Index on Censorship, and PEN International call on the authorities in Saudi Arabia to release Yemeni writer and online activist Marwan Al-Muraisy, who has been subject to enforced disappearance since June.
Index on Censorship explores the impact of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill on academic freedom with Dr Lawrence McNamara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parliament needs to stop creating piecemeal laws to address content online - or which make new forms of speech illegal. Index is very concerned about the plethora of law-making initiatives related to online...
Index on Censorship believes that the UK’s Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill should go back to the drawing board.
NGOs around the world call on their governments to publicly engage with Saudi Arabia to call for the release of detained writers and activists, and to issue strong recommendations to end restrictions on the right to freedom of expression.
The Law Commission will review how sex and gender characteristics are treated within existing hate crime laws and whether new offences are needed.
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression