Press freedom, media development and human rights organisations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders in Burundi
The investigation against Netzpolitik.org for treason and their unknown sources is an attack against the free press.
Josie Timms has been awarded the first Liverpool John Moores University/Tim Hetherington Fellowship
It is very worrying that a theatre production about an important subject and one that young people need to be able to discuss and debate should be closed down.
The arts are an incredibly popular outlet for free expression but too often they are restricted. Index on Censorship have recently published a number of law packs informing artistic organisations of their rights when having their works challenged.
The Sport for Rights Coalition calls on the international community to immediately and publicly condemn the government of Azerbaijan’s actions and take concrete steps to support Azerbaijani civil society.
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), English PEN and Index on Censorship gathered outside the Bahrain Embassy in London on Wednesday 29 July 2015 to protest the ongoing detention of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace.
This reading list collates a number of articles looking at the relationship between comedy and censorship, including a recent piece by Samm Farai Monro aka Comrade Fatso
Dozens of internationally recognised journalists, free expression activists and writers have signed a letter supporting Ali Lmrabet, a Moroccan journalist who is on hunger strike in Geneva
Index calls on Azerbaijan’s government to drop all charges against investigative journalist who has been in detention since December 2014
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship