Activist academics played a pivotal role in the country’s 2011 uprising, but today the corrosion of academic freedom of expression continues, writes Heather McRobie
Academia in Egypt: Security forces and self-censorship
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Is the university gender gap a barrier to free expression?
A lack of visibility of female academics at the University of Bristol – especially in the more scientific faculties – is in stark contrast to the number of undergraduates in the same subjects, Margot Tudor writes
Controversy surrounds India’s biometric database
Questions about the security of India’s giant biometric database continue to be raised by privacy advocates, Mahima Kaul reports
Private surveillance firms: Profits before freedom
State surveillance has been much publicised of late due to Snowden’s revelations, but allegations against the NSA and GCHQ are only one aspect of the international industry surrounding wholesale surveillance, writes Nicholas Williams
Cambridge University Press is afraid of the Russians
A recent study of Vladimir Putin’s gangster tendencies has been suppressed: not by the Kremlin, but by a UK academic publisher living in fear of England’s libel laws, writes Padraig Reidy
Digital freedom in Bangladesh: Navigating in uncertain waters
Bangladesh witnessed the internet take on an increasing role in its socio-political sphere in 2013, Faheem Hussain writes
Data retention and legality: The fall of the EU’s Data Retention Directive
EU officials should have seen it coming. In December, the Advocate General of the ECJ was already of the opinion that the DRD constituted “a serious interference” with privacy, Binoy Kampmark writes
Index announces new CEO
A NEW CHAMPION FOR FREE EXPRESSION Index announces new CEO Index on Censorship, the organization that advocates for freedom of expression and against censorship throughout the world, is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief...
O characters, characters! Wherefore art thou characters?
Oh but Will, you know I can’t publish anything over 140 characters anymore. An editorial cartoon by Alice Olsson for the Index Young Writers / Artists programme.
New global coalition urges governments to keep surveillance technologies in check
World leaders must commit to keeping invasive surveillance systems and technologies out of the hands of dictators and oppressive regimes, said a new global coalition of human rights organizations as it launched today in Brussels. The Coalition...
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