Index on Censorship joins rights groups in condemning the conviction and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus.
Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders
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CATEGORY: Statements
Index calls for transparency on Homegrown cancellation
Index on Censorship calls on the National Youth Theatre to publicly disclose its dealings with police and council officials in the lead-up to the cancellation of Homegrown.
Azerbaijan’s authorities reach new low in sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan’s civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
Bangladesh must act against impunity
Index on Censorship deplores the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and calls on the authorities to investigate the murder and ensure that those responsible are found and brought to justice.
End targeting of Netzpolitik
The investigation against Netzpolitik.org for treason and their unknown sources is an attack against the free press.
Cancellation of Homegrown is very worrying
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.
#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
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression