British academic David Short has been announced as the recipient of the George Theiner Award 2018.

British academic David Short has been announced as the recipient of the George Theiner Award 2018.
Maltese libel laws are having an incredibly chilling effect on journalism and free speech, said British MP Tom Brake at a parliamentary meeting.
New rules urge students to exercise caution when it comes to “offensive” or “inappropriate” material and warn against “bringing the institution into disrepute”
Andy Wightman MSP lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament on 27 March on media freedom following Index on Censorship’s annual Mapping Media Freedom report
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The UK government has barred a number of far-right speakers from entering the country in recent weeks. Index on Censorship does not believe that preventing individuals from visiting the UK or speaking here is the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries. Serious threats verified by the...
Commercial interference pressures on the UK’s regional papers are growing. Some worry that jeopardises their independence.
Index on Censorship welcomes the call by Minister Jo Johnson for freedom of expression to be better protected in universities.
A vote by Ealing Council that could see anti-abortion protesters banned from demonstrating outside a clinic in a bid to protect women from harassment raises troubling implications for freedom of expression.
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe