The Angolan government should immediately drop all charges against journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais, winner of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Award and Fellowship in 2015.
The call by four Arab states — UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Egypt — for Qatar to close news network Al Jazeera is clearly motivated by a desire to control the media in the region.
Index on Censorship has joined with international organisations to urge Formula 1 to address restrictions on peaceful protesters and journalists in Bahrain.
Index on Censorship has joined with seven other organisations to urge OSCE to appoint a new representative on freedom of the media
Index on Censorship calls on Russian authorities to drop all charges against demonstrators and journalists
Increasingly, governments are devolving responsibility for determining what constitutes unacceptable content to private companies.
On the one-year anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s arrest, Index on Censorship joins 14 international NGOs to call for his release
Index on Censorship joins with 24 other international organisations to call on Interpol to prevent the misuse of Interpol alerts against Leyla and Arif Yunus
The Walker Art Center’s decision to destroy Sam Durant’s installation raises concerns about responses to critique and controversy
The Huthi and allied forces should immediately and unconditionally release ten Yemeni journalists detained arbitrarily without charge or trial
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression