The decision by prosecutors in Viborg to charge a man with blasphemy for burning a Koran shocked Danes.
Jacob Mchangama: Denmark’s revived blasphemy ban
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
Zaina Erhaim: “No one is left in Aleppo”
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
Inside Syria’s war: The extreme dangers faced by local reporters
A Syrian citizen journalist on the realities of reporting in a country where a pseudonym and bulletproof vest offer little protection from constant danger
Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with conviction of prominent blogger
International organisations call on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mehman Huseynov.
In the “safe” world of Swedish journalism, death threats are an everyday reality
A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics
Index on Censorship and Wellesley College launching an annual Freedom of Expression lecture
Leading international freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship and the Freedom Project at Wellesley College, Boston, are pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership to promote awareness of censorship.
Russian supreme court orders release of Index Award nominee Ildar Dadin
The long-term opposition and LGBT rights activist had been jailed under Russia’s repressive Public Assembly Law.
GreatFire: Chinese authorities don’t understand how the internet works
Digital activism group GreatFire talk about developments in China’s approach to internet censorship.
OSCE must act quickly to fill media freedom role
Organisations have written to the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe urging it to ensure continuity in the role of Representative on Freedom of the Media
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship