Index on Censorship explores the impact of Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill on academic freedom with Dr Lawrence McNamara
“Reckless” counter-terror bill a threat to academic research
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
“Scattergun” approach to addressing online content risks damaging freedom of expression
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parliament needs to stop creating piecemeal laws to address content online - or which make new forms of speech illegal. Index is very concerned about the plethora of law-making initiatives related to online...
Turkey’s thought-provoking playwrights, actors and directors have little choice but to become exiles
For Turkish director and actor Memet Ali Alabora, theatre is about creating an environment in which the audience is encouraged to think, react and reflect
NGOs call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law and block of dangerous law regulating media
Index on Censorship joins a coalition of some of the world’s leading human rights and digital rights organisations to call for full repeal of Egypt’s “cybercrime” law
Academic’s indictment reflects the Turkish government’s criminalisation of free speech
Despite the lifting of the state of emergency in July, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations continue.
Ramón Nse Esono Ebale: Drawing to create change in Equatorial Guinea
Ramón Nse Esono Ebale draws out of a desire to create a world that is different from the one he can see with his eyes. It was that desire that led to his arrest and detention in September 2017.
50 years after Theatres Act, censorship has evolved
Marking the 50th anniversary of the end of 300 years of theatre censorship, the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new exhibition explores how restrictions on expression have changed.
Cuban artists arrested ahead of anti-censorship concert
Authorities arrested artists Yanelyz Nuñez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, MEMBERS OF THE from Otero Alcantara’s home sometime before 6:30am on Saturday 11 August
Alex Jones, Infowars and the internet
Index believes that all speech – eccentric, contentious, heretical, unwelcome, provocative and even bigoted – should be protected unless it directly incites violence.
Independent artists empower Cubans to speak out against censorship
To an outsider, the most startling part of artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s arrest on 21 July for attempting to protest on the Capitol steps in Havana was the passivity, bordering on fearful ignorance, of his fellow Cubans at the scene.
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