Index on Censorship condemns the seizure by Turkish courts of the newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s highest circulation newspapers.
Index condemns seizure of Zaman
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
UAE: Human rights organisations renew call for release of peaceful activists
On the third anniversary of the start of the mass trial of 94 individuals, including government critics and advocates of reform, 10 human rights organisations appeal to the government of the United Arab Emirates to release immediately and unconditionally all those imprisoned
Smockey: “Not everyone is lucky enough to have a microphone in front of them”
Searching for “dissident artists” online, you’d be forgiven for thinking they are a purely Chinese or Russian phenomenon. But for every Ai Weiwei
Serge Bambara named first Music in Exile fellow
Index on Censorship and They Will Have To Kill Us First name the Burkinabe musician and producer Smockey as the inaugural Music in Exile Fellowship
Turkey silences independent broadcaster
Index on Censorship condemns Türksat’s decision to drop independent broadcaster IMC TV’s signal.
NUS: Revise safe space and no platform policies
On 17 March 2016 from 5-6pm, we will be holding a protest at the office of the NUS, Macadam House, 275 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QB. Join Us. Also Tweet “I call on @nusuk to revise safe space and no platform policies to facilitate not restrict...
Turkey: Court rules journalists’ rights were violated
Index on Censorship welcomes the release of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. The charges against them must be dropped.
Joint letter on internet shutdown in Uganda
An international coalition of organisations has called for immediate action to condemn the internet shutdown in Uganda
Poland: Challenging official history of the Holocaust could see you branded a “traitor”
In Poland today, history and discussion appears to be an inconvenience for the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is introducing legislation to punish the use of the term “Polish death camps”.
Race and Religion
UK law criminalises conduct that has the intent of stirring up racial hatred or hatred on grounds of religion or sexual orientation.
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