Index on Censorship strongly condemns the launch of a criminal investigation into online media outlet Meydan TV.
Azerbaijan: Harassment of Meydan TV must stop
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CATEGORY: Statements
Azerbaijan: Coalition of NGOs intervene before European Court for imprisoned journalist Khadija Ismayilova.
PEN International and Privacy International led 14 free expression and media freedom organisations, including Index on Censorship, in submitting an intervention today in the case of Azerbaijani journalist, Khadija Ismayilova before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Azerbaijan: open letters to Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias, and Chris Brown
We are writing to you as members of the Sport for Rights campaign, which has been working to raise human rights violations in Azerbaijan in the run-up to the Formula One European Grand Prix
“No one – and especially heads of state – has a right not to be offended”
Index deplores the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to authorise the prosecution of a German comedian for offending the President of Turkey.
International groups call for immediate and unconditional release of Zainab Al-Khawaja
Index joins with international human rights groups to call on the government of Bahrain to release Zainab Al-Khawaja
Angola: Index condemns jailing of 17 activists for anti-government “rebellion”
Index is appalled at the sentencing of Angolan activists whose “crime” was taking part in a reading group discussing ideas of democracy.
Turkey should drop criminal charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül
Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn politically motivated trial
Political prisoners released in Azerbaijan
Sport for Rights coalition expresses its relief over the release of 15 political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
Bahrain must immediately release Zainab Al-Khawaja
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who was arrested on Monday 14 March 2016 with her one-year-old son Abdulhadi.
Syria: Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on fourth anniversary of detention
Syria’s authorities should reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and free speech activist, and release him immediately
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression