Prominent human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi – the Douma four – should be released immediately, 32 human rights organisations said today, on the third anniversary of their abduction. On 09...
Index on Censorship is deeply concerned about plans outlined by technology companies to share information about, and collectively remove, extremist content.
The government of Azerbaijan is carrying out a multi-pronged attack on freedom of expression.
The Bahraini authorities’ orchestrated attack on the rights to free expression, assembly and association, has seriously undermined the prospects of a political solution to Bahrain’s domestic unrest.
Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship, spoke about hate speech at the 30th anniversary of the Rafto Forum, Bergen, 2016
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Originally published on The Telegraph letters page SIR – We wish to highlight concerns with “information sharing” provisions in the Digital Economy Bill. The Bill puts government ministers in control of citizens’...
Women’s rights defender, writer and blogger Ghada Jamsheer remains in jail in Bahrain
Bahrain’s public prosecution yesterday charged leading opposition politician Ebrahim Sharif under article 165 of the penal code with “inciting hatred against the regime”.
14 leading press freedom groups urge officials to end abuses under state of emergency
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the recent wave of arrests and forced closures of media outlets in Turkey.
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression