Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Jade Jackman explains why she thinks counter-terrorism legislation is a threat to academic freedom
Jade Jackman: An act against knowledge and thought
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
Bahrain: Magazine sent to jailed academic and blogger
Editor Rachael Jolley mailed the latest copy of Index on Censorship magazine Fired, threatened, imprisoned… is academic freedom being eroded? to jailed Bahraini academic and blogger
Letter: Why was Homegrown cancelled?
Index on Censorship joined English PEN in a letter calling for transparency around the cancellation of the National Youth Theatre production of Homegrown
Sport for Rights coalition condemns conviction of human rights defenders
Index on Censorship joins rights groups in condemning the conviction and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus.
Index calls for transparency on Homegrown cancellation
Index on Censorship calls on the National Youth Theatre to publicly disclose its dealings with police and council officials in the lead-up to the cancellation of Homegrown.
Azerbaijan’s authorities reach new low in sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the sentencing of Leyla and Arif Yunus to 8.5 and 7 years in prison, respectively. The ongoing and capricious judicial harassment of Azerbaijan’s civil society by the government of President Ilham Aliyev has reached a new low.
Student reading lists: minority groups and censorship
Articles from this list explore the topic of how minority groups are both being censored and also evade censorship.
Azerbaijan: Journalist Rasim Aliyev murdered as human rights crackdown continues
Index on Censorship condemns the murder of Azerbaijani journalist Rasim Aliyev
Bangladesh must act against impunity
Index on Censorship deplores the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarti in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and calls on the authorities to investigate the murder and ensure that those responsible are found and brought to justice.
The arts, the law and freedom of speech
Police involvement in the cancellation this week of a National Youth Theatre production highlights again the difficult legal challenges for arts organisations putting on contentious work. Can a new set of guidelines help?
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship