Index held a successful workshop with the north west contingent of the British Youth Council, despite the inability to access our own website because of internet filtering at the location. Index held a third Draw the Line workshop with the British...
The very personification of evil is invoked more often than not by those who wish to see his hand in simple things they do not like or do not understand
Index on Censorship held its latest Draw the Line workshop at Ovalhouse theatre in south London
There was a lively debate about whether future journalism will make the public more informed at the launch of the latest Index on Censorship magazine at the Frontline Club
The UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to increase the maximum prison sentence for online abuse, or trolling, to two years. Laws already exist for dealing with harassment and threats of violence, and the Crown Prosecution...
Nine human rights organisations called on the British government on Friday to speak out publicly in the case of activists currently being detained in Bahrain. Prominent human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab, Zainab Al-Khawaja and Ghada Jamsheer have...
Padraig Reidy explores when writers are attacked for using their imaginations.
Put two British journalists in a room and talk will likely turn to the managed decline of the newspaper industry in western Europe and the US. Padraig Reidy will miss the news agents most.
All it seems to take is for one person to think that something’s ‘racist’ …
If arguments that counter our own prove more popular, it’s not because ours may need rethinking — no, it is because the world is biased against us