Counter-terrorism is a complex and controversial area of the law, not least because the offences are often very widely drafted.
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
Child Protection
Child protection is a sensitive area of law and a deserved focus of public concern. The prospect of a police investigation alone will be a matter of substantial press interest, while an actual prosecution, although unlikely in the professional arts sector, would nevertheless result in grave consequences for the gallery and the artist.
David Cameron wants to promote good speech and ban the bad. Prime Minister, that’s not how free speech works
Free expression is not a “nice-to-have” add-on, a mere luxury principle tacked on the end of other more basic rights
Meeting ethical and reputational challenges
Following a conversation at a What Next? meeting about the difficult situations cultural organisations can find themselves in when an action sparks controversy – for example, the presentation of a divisive piece of work, or a contentious...
Statement in support of Association Racines and all Moroccan artists
The public space should be accessible to cultural actors, artists and organisations representing civil society and should be free of constraints
Bahraini king pardons rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab
Index welcomes King Hamad’s pardoning of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, but calls for the release of all political prisoners in Bahrain
Russia: Two years without justice for murdered journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev
Index on Censorship and 27 other organisations call for the investigation into his case to be urgently raised to the federal level
Malaysia: Sedition case against cartoonist Zunar adjourned
Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
Bahrain: Free Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace
Nine Bahraini and international NGOs and the University College Union launched a campaign this week marking the 100th day of detained human rights defender Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace’s hunger strike
#SilencedOnCampus: Index magazine launch debates threats to academic freedom
The debate tackled issues ranging from safe spaces and the right to offend, to the absence of absolute freedom of speech and illegal versus legal speech
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship