[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bahrain's criminal court today postponed Index Award winner Nabeel Rajab's trial to 28 December, when he is expected to be sentenced. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy spoke to Rajab's family, who...
Parliamentarians today joined in calling on the UK government to call for the release of jailed activist Nabeel Rajab.
Prominent human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi – the Douma four – should be released immediately, 32 human rights organisations said today, on the third anniversary of their abduction. On 09...
Index on Censorship is deeply concerned about plans outlined by technology companies to share information about, and collectively remove, extremist content.
The government of Azerbaijan is carrying out a multi-pronged attack on freedom of expression.
The Bahraini authorities’ orchestrated attack on the rights to free expression, assembly and association, has seriously undermined the prospects of a political solution to Bahrain’s domestic unrest.
An unprecedented series of crackdowns on media professionals and news outlets took place during the third quarter of 2016, recorded by Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project.
Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship, spoke about hate speech at the 30th anniversary of the Rafto Forum, Bergen, 2016
We, the undersigned, express our deep concern with the Government of Bahrain’s campaign targeting journalists and activists exercising their right to free expression.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Originally published on The Telegraph letters page SIR – We wish to highlight concerns with “information sharing” provisions in the Digital Economy Bill. The Bill puts government ministers in control of citizens’...
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