On 31 January 2015, Bahrain's Ministry of the Interior revoked the citizenship of 72 individuals, including journalists, bloggers, and political and human rights activists, rendering many of them stateless - its latest attempt to crack down on...
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Madam Chancellor: Tell Aliyev to respect civil society
Chancellor Angela Merkel Bundeskanzleramt Willy-Brandt-Straße 1 10557 Berlin Madam Chancellor, As members of the international NGO coalition ‘Sport for Rights’ we are appealing to you to make human rights a central subject in your meeting next...

Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab sentenced for a tweet
Human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Bahraini court.

Judges for 2015 Index Freedom of Expression Awards named
The awards have honoured some of the world’s most remarkable free expression heroes

Tell Bahrain to drop charges against activist over tweet, demand human rights organisations
In October a Bahraini court ruled that prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab would face criminal charges stemming from a single tweet
Opinions are protected by the right to freedom of expression
The arrest of French comedian Dieudonné today appears to be connected to a Facebook comment he posted after Sunday's march in Paris in which he said he felt he "finally returned home... I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" - remarks that have been...

Don’t just click – speak out for free speech
If you said ‘I believe in free expression, but…’ at any point in the past week, then this is for you. If you declared yourself to be ‘Charlie’, but have ever called for an offensive image to be removed from public viewing, then this is for you.

Don’t let free speech die
Today we are publishing work from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as part of a global action in a signal of solidarity with the French publication, which came under such deadly attack yesterday.

Stand up for free speech. Publish Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons
Index on Censorship, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, freeDimensional, PEN America, FreeWord, Reporters Without Borders, Article 19 and English PEN call on all those who believe in the fundamental right to freedom of expression to join in...

Freedom of expression is non-negotiable
Index on Censorship condemns this appalling attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and any attempt to silence a free press.
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression