Index on Censorship has joined a group of international organisations to call on the EU to take action on Turkey’s freedom of expression record.
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Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s tweet trial brought forward, then adjourned to 7 December
The 19th hearing of the leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was unexpectedly held earlier than the court had originally ruled.
Court rejects Nabeel Rajab’s appeal against prison sentence for speaking to journalists
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to two years in prison for speaking to journalists was upheld on 22 November 2017 by a...
Groups call on US, UK and EU to support Nabeel Rajab
Rights groups have written to 11 states and the EU calling for action ahead of the conclusion of Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s appeal.
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s trial for tweets adjourned to 31 December
The trial of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was adjourned to 31 December for a technical report on his tweets.
Release artist and writer Ramón Esono Ebalé
Index on Censorship has joined with 18 other parties to call on the president of Equatorial Guinea to release cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé.
Groups hold London vigil for murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Free expression advocates marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists by honouring the courage of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Bahrain: UK-based rights activist’s family sentenced to three years in reprisal case
The Bahraini authorities on Monday 30 October sentenced the mother-in-law, Hajer Mansoor Hasan, and brother-in-law, Sayed Nizar Alwadaei, of UK-based human rights defender Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei to three years in prison in reprisal for his work.
Azerbaijan: Open letter to EU ahead of Aliyev’s Brussels visit
NGOs urge the EU member state heads and leaders to use the summit to call on president Aliyev to end the current human rights crackdown in Azerbaijan
Free expression organisations intervene on cases of detained Turkish journalists
Index on Censorship joins free expression organisations intervening before the European Court of Human Rights on cases of detained journalists in Turkey
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression