The Law Commission will review how sex and gender characteristics are treated within existing hate crime laws and whether new offences are needed.
Governments should not be policing thought
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CATEGORY: Statements
Authors send letter to His Royal Highness Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Leading writers including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Claire Tomalin have signed an open letter to the king of Bahrain urging him to intervene in the case of a political prisoner being denied the right to read in jail.
NGOs call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law and block of dangerous law regulating media
Index on Censorship joins a coalition of some of the world’s leading human rights and digital rights organisations to call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law
New Yorker succumbs to hecklers’ veto
Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg tweets her reaction to the announcement that Steve Bannon has been disinvited from a New Yorker event after protests about his inclusion.
Bangladesh must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam
We, the undersigned hereby call for the immediate and unconditional release of the renowned photographer, artist, teacher, curator and human rights activist Shahidul Alam.
Bahraini government must immediately release Nabeel Rajab
Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
A permanent state of emergency by any name is no substitute for respecting human rights
Index on Censorship joins call for Turkey’s government to end the state of emergency by withdrawing recently passed legislation that replicates many of the state of emergency’s special provisions
“I am writing to ask Your Majesty to help me save the life of my 70-year-old father”
As Ali Mushaima enters the 4th week of his hunger strike to save his imprisoned father, Hassan Mushaima, he writes a letter to Queen Elizabeth, urging her to intervene on behalf of his father to ensure that his basic needs are met.
Bahrain must allow medical care for all prisoners of conscience
Index on Censorship joins call for Bahrain’s government to address denial of medical care to Hassan Mushaima
UN declares Nabeel Rajab’s imprisonment unlawful, warns arbitrary detention in Bahrain may amount to “crimes against humanity”
It finds that Rajab should never have been prosecuted and that Bahraini authorities employed “vague and overly broad” legal provisions to target him for his “political views and convictions”
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression