Bahraini human rights activists Nabeel Rajab and Sayed Ahmed Al Wadaei discuss their countries human rights record.
Bahrain: Activists highlight the human rights situation
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
Application filed with ECHR to protect UK investigative journalism from surveillance
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism filed an application on Friday with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg challenging current UK legislation on mass surveillance and its threat to journalism. Aimee Hamilton reports
Nick Davies: Ipso could have killed phone-hacking investigations
Davies, the investigative reporter who unveiled the extent of the phone-hacking scandal, discussed his new book Hack Attack at the Frontline Club in London
#FreeMaryam: Protesters deliver message to Foreign Office
Today a protest was held outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office calling for the UK government to condemn the regime in Bahrain and support the release of human rights campaigner Maryam Alkhawaja and her father, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who has been in prison in the country since 2011.
Padraig Reidy: Dismiss Lady Apostle’s ludicrous lawsuit
The English High Court should dismiss a ludicrous lawsuit against the British Humanist Association.
26 Awst: Rhyddid Celf Cymru (Google Hangout, 11.30am)
Mae Index on Censorship yn falch o gyhoeddi y cyntaf o ddau ddigwyddiad mewn cyfres o drafodaethau ar-lein am ryddid mynegiant artistig yng Nghymru. Mae’r trafodaethau yn ran o raglen sydd yn edrych ar sut y mae rhyddid artistig yn cael ei ystyried, ei gefnogi, ei drafod a’i hyrwyddo ar draws y sector gelfyddydol, yn y cyfryngau, gan y cyhoedd, gan ariannwyr ac gan wnaethurwyr polisi yn y DU.
Padraig Reidy: Football banter will always need its edge
Football banter (or, in modern usage, “bants” or even “#bantz”), can range from the strange to the self-deprecating to the plain awful, but it will always need its edge.
House of Lords committee slams “right to be forgotten”
The British House of Lords has slammed the recent “right to be forgotten” ruling by the court of justice of the European Union, deeming it “unworkable” and “wrong in principle”.
Contra Band: Censored songs from Brazil and the UK
Join Index and Up Projects tomorrow: Contra Band is a new commission, by Leah Lovett, which brings together musicians and audiences from Brazil and the UK for an experimental live performance of songs censored in both countries between 1964-1985.
Padraig Reidy: How your well-meaning retweet can do more harm than good
Whatever it is you care about, think before you tweet: Is this too good to be true? Do I have any way of checking this for myself?