Syria’s authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of expression, 31 organizations said today.

Syria’s authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of expression, 31 organizations said today.
We need to do more to ensure that police work with venues to promote freedom of expression, not stifle it
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy alongside 16 NGOs including Index on Censorship today voiced our support for the UN joint-statement
Index joins media and campaign groups to oppose government’s Freedom of Information review
Index on Censorship condemns Azerbaijan’s pressure on independent media
Index on Censorship welcomes the latest statement from the National Youth Theatre clarifying why it cancelled the production of Homegrown, a play which explored Islamic radicalisation among young people in the United Kingdom.
The release of Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, who are British, is welcome news. However, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, an Iraqi colleague who had been acting as a translator and fixer, remains in detention.
English PEN, PEN American Center, PEN International and Index on Censorship are relieved that VICE News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury have been released after six days in detention
The Sport for Rights coalition strongly condemns the sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova to a staggering 7.5 years in jail.
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing of Khadija Ismayilova
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression