It is very worrying that a theatre production about an important subject and one that young people need to be able to discuss and debate should be closed down.
Cancellation of Homegrown is very worrying
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CATEGORY: Statements
#SingaceHungerStrike: Rights groups denounce Bahrain’s ongoing detention of academic
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), English PEN and Index on Censorship gathered outside the Bahrain Embassy in London on Wednesday 29 July 2015 to protest the ongoing detention of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace.
Open letter to the King of Morocco in support of Ali Lmrabet
Dozens of internationally recognised journalists, free expression activists and writers have signed a letter supporting Ali Lmrabet, a Moroccan journalist who is on hunger strike in Geneva
David Cameron wants to promote good speech and ban the bad. Prime Minister, that’s not how free speech works
Free expression is not a “nice-to-have” add-on, a mere luxury principle tacked on the end of other more basic rights
Statement in support of Association Racines and all Moroccan artists
The public space should be accessible to cultural actors, artists and organisations representing civil society and should be free of constraints
Russia: Two years without justice for murdered journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev
Index on Censorship and 27 other organisations call for the investigation into his case to be urgently raised to the federal level
Tony Blair’s plans to tackle extremism will stifle free speech
Ideas and opinions need to be exposed to open debate — not driven underground
Philip Pullman, Jimmy Wales, and Steve McQueen join call for Angola to drop charges against investigative journalist
Rafael Marques de Morais was last week given a suspended sentence following a criminal defamation trial related to his 2011 book on blood diamonds, published for the first time in English on June 2
Joint Letter: Prosecution of Rafael Marques de Morais
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are writing to you to express our strong concerns about the prosecution on criminal defamation charges of journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.
Government plans pose serious risk to free expression
The new UK government’s plans to tackle extremism and introduce a British bill of rights, as outlined in the Queen’s Speech on 27 May, raise the stakes significantly for freedom of expression in the United Kingdom
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression