Academic Freedom in the 21st Century, panel discussion chaired by Mark Stephens. 15 April, University of East London
PAST EVENT: Academic freedom in the 21st century
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
WikiLeaks posts video showing journalists killed in Iraq
On 5 April, Wikileaks, the website that publishes sensitive leaked material, released a video showing a 2007 US military airstrike that killed about a dozen Iraqis in eastern Baghdad. Among the dead were a 22-year-old Reuters photographer, Namir...
Ethiopian government ‘blocking VOA website’
The Ethiopian government has been accused of blocking the website of US broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) as a row over press intimidation continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa. Residents of the capital Addis Ababa have been unable to access...
Digital Economy Bill: web censorship on horizon
Aaron Newell: reaction to Britain’s Digital Economy Bill
“Our Society Will be A Free Society” campaign launches petition
In response to the brutal crackdown against journalists and writers in Iran, Index on Censorship and a coalition of leading press freedom and free expression groups launch a petition calling for the release of those imprisoned
Turkish-Armenian newspaper website hacked
Hackers took control of the website of Agos, a leading Turkish-Armenian newspaper last Friday, the cyber-attackers uploaded images of the alleged murderer of the newspaper’s former editor-in-chief, and winner of the Index on Censorship’s 2008...
Iran launches new webmail service
The Iranian authorities have launched a new webmail service intended to be a substitute for public employees currently using Gmail, Yahoo mail or Hotmail accounts. The new Iran.ir webmail service is easier to control than the foreign services...
Court orders Mauritanian web editor’s retrial
The editor of Taqadoumy website Hanevy Ould Dehah remains in detention after a Supreme Court decision to retry him on a charge of 'offending public decency', a crime for which he has already served a six-month sentence. Commenting on his...
Clinton to deliver speech on web freedom
Padraig Reidy: Hillary Clinton’s web freedom speech – the Index analysis
Australia: anti-censorship website censored
The Australian internet company, auDA that runs the .com.au domain registry has been accused of censoring a website satirising Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy's proposed internet censorship laws. On Friday, Sapia Pty Ltd, the...
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship