Index on Censorship award winner Nabeel Rajab had the verdict on his appeal delayed again until April 15. Rajab is appealing his sentence over a tweet.
Bahrain: Rights defender’s appeal hearing postponed again
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Bulk collection of data poses severe threat to civil liberties
Index welcomes the recognition by the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee that Britain’s surveillance laws require a complete overhaul.
However, we are dismayed that the committee has accepted the premise that bulk collection of data does not constitute mass surveillance.
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Nico Sell
Nico Sell is a US-based entrepreneur and activist for online privacy and secure digital communication.
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Syria Tracker
Syria Tracker is a crisis mapping platform which collates and exhibits live data on human rights abuses and other welfare issues brought about by the Syrian conflict.
United Arab Emirates: Stop the charade and release activists convicted at the mass UAE 94 trial
On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics, and student...
Index on Censorship condemns brutal murder of blogger Avijit Roy
Index on Censorship condemns the brutal murder of US-Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy. Roy, an atheist who advocated secularism, was hacked to death by a knife-wielding mob in Dhaka as he walked back from a book fair. Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg said:...
EU human rights boss must meet with Azerbaijan’s jailed critics
With the arrival of the EU special representative for human rights in Azerbaijan, the country has a unique opportunity to adhere to the international commitments it has signed by releasing detained and imprisoned journalists and human rights defenders
Jodie Ginsberg: The right to free speech means nothing without the right to offend
If the murders in Paris and now Copenhagen frighten us into silence they will have achieved their goal. That is why it is so vital that we continue to talk, and to listen
Index on Censorship statement on blasphemy debate attack in Copenhagen
The use of violence on a gathering exploring the intersection of religious and artistic freedom should send shivers down our spines.
Jamie Bartlett: The coming online privacy revolution
In his new ebook, tech expert Jamie Bartlett describes what he sees as the long-term ‘Snowden effect’: the explosion of new ways to keep online secrets and protect privacy, and the challenges that presents for state security services.
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