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Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression
UAE: Joint open letter to William Hague calling for release of activists
Since March, Emirati authorities have arrested over 50 activists and human rights defenders in a widespread crackdown on dissent. Index joins a group of international rights groups in calling on UK Foreign Minister William Hague and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push for the prisoners' releaseIndex letter to Joint Committee on Human Rights about concerns of Justice and Security Green Paper
The UK government's plans to extend secret hearings into the civil courts will lead to a diminishing in the open administration of justice,UK: Letter to foreign secretary on cyberspace
As the London Conference on Cyberspace begins, Index on Censorship has joined leading human rights groups and media freedom activists in calling on Foreign Secretary William Hague to reject censorship and surveillance that undermines free expressionIndex on Censorship letter to Metropolitan Police Commissioner
Download PDF version here INDEX ON CENSORSHIP LETTER TO METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONERIndex condemns abuse of power by Met Police in phone-hacking probe
Index on Censorship is appalled by reports that the Metropolitan Police is seeking a court order under the Official Secrets Act to force Guardian journalists to reveal sources in the phone-hacking scandal investigation INDEX ON CENSORSHIP LETTER TO METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER JOHN KAMPFNER ON PRESS REGULATION: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FORJoint letter to Home Secretary on social media blackouts
As Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry prepare to meet the home secretary, Index on Censorship and other human and digital rights campaigners ask to be included in discussions on social media blackoutsAn open letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary
Index on Censorship calls for the release of film maker Mahnaz Mohammadi and actress and documentary maker Pegah AhangaraniLetter: Free Hossein Derakhshan
A letter to the head of the Iranian judiciary, from Index on Censorship, PEN Canada, Article 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Plus free speech groups call for release of “blogfather”Open letter to Ayatollah Khamenei
On the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Index on Censorship and international free speech campaigners call on Iran to release the more than 60 writers, journalists, and bloggers currently in prisonPLUS: Maziar Bahari calls on the regime to let his colleagues go