Index welcomes the report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on the worrying state of press freedom in the UK. The WAN-IFRA report criticises the use of national security concerns to threaten and restrict...
PDF: Arabic Version Leading international media freedom and human rights organisations call on the EU and US to demand Egypt’s authorities drop charges against Al-Jazeera journalists and release those under arrest Article 19, the Committee to...
Leading free speech and privacy organisations call on the world's elite assembled at Davos to tackle the challenge of global mass surveillance of electronic communications. ARTICLE 19, English PEN, Index on Censorship and Open Rights Group are...
Dean Spielmann President European Court of Human Rights Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg cedex France 13 January 2014 Re: Grand Chamber referral in Delfi v. Estonia (Application no. 64569/09) Index's coverage: European ruling spells trouble...
Dear Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Index on Censorship is writing to you ahead of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger's appearance before the Home Affairs Select Committee's hearing on counter terrorism. We believe that the Guardian's publication of details...
In asking YouTube to review an anti-Islam video on the grounds it breached Google’s terms of service, the White House is guilty of censorship by stealth, says Index CEO Kirsty Hughes in the Financial Times
Index joins civil society groups in voicing concerns about proposals made by the International Telecommunication Union that would threaten the openness of the internet
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’ release
The UK government’s plans to extend secret hearings into the civil courts will lead to a diminishing in the open administration of justice,
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 expression
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression