The UK government’s plans to extend secret hearings into the civil courts will lead to a diminishing in the open administration of justice,
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UK: Letter to foreign secretary on cyberspace
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
Index on Censorship letter to Metropolitan Police Commissioner
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Index condemns abuse of power by Met Police in phone-hacking probe
Index on Censorship is appalled by reports that the Metropolitan Police is seeking a court order under the Official Secrets Act to force Guardian journalists to reveal sources in the phone-hacking scandal investigation
INDEX ON CENSORSHIP LETTER TO METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMISSIONER
JOHN KAMPFNER ON PRESS REGULATION: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Joint letter to Home Secretary on social media blackouts
As Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry prepare to meet the home secretary, Index on Censorship and other human and digital rights campaigners ask to be included in discussions on social media blackouts
An open letter to the head of Iran’s judiciary
Index on Censorship calls for the release of film maker Mahnaz Mohammadi and actress and documentary maker
Pegah Ahangarani
Letter: Free Hossein Derakhshan
A letter to the head of the Iranian judiciary, from Index on Censorship, PEN Canada, Article 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
Open letter to Ayatollah Khamenei
On the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Index on Censorship and international free speech campaigners call on Iran to release the more than 60 writers, journalists, and bloggers currently in prison
PLUS: Maziar Bahari calls on the regime to let his colleagues go
Freedom for Mohamed Abbou
Jailed Tunisian dissident, writer and lawyer Mohamed Abbou was released from prison in Le Kef, where he had been held since his arrest in March 2005. He was sentenced to prison for three-and-a-half years for exposing torture in Tunisian prisons on...
An open letter to the Iranian Ambassador
His Excellency Mr Rasoul Movahedian Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 16 Prince’s Gate London SW7 1PT Fax: 020 7589 4440 19 June 2007 Your Excellency, ARTICLE 19, English PEN and Index on Censorship call for the immediate release of three...
Statements from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression