Three former winners of the Freedom of Expression Journalism Award have written a letter in support of Index on Censorship’s media freedom month, which aims to raise £15,000 to support its work on media freedom over the next six months.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="98546" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]UK-based freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship recorded its 4,000th case of a media freedom violation in 42 countries around...
Kurdish women at Turkey’s only feminist news website, Jin News, and elsewhere are taking a new approach to journalism. This being Turkey, they haven’t escaped pressure: Many have been detained, put on trial or threatened.
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate and honour the amazing women on our awards shortlist.
According to the Turkish interior ministry, as of 27 February, 845 people had been detained by police for criticising the Afrin operation
Index on Censorship has launched a campaign to raise £15,000 to help us document growing threats to media freedom.
China is having a meme moment and it’s driving the censors mad
Recent developments in Turkey, once seen as a role model of the Muslim world, have shown that concepts such as the rule of law and right to free speech are no longer welcome by the Erdogan government
Since 1992 Honduran journalist Dina Meza has been investigating corruption and violations of free speech throughout South America, including the murder of journalists in Honduras
Close down freedom of expression for those you don’t like and you turn them into freedom-of-expression heroes, writes Jodie Ginsberg