Index on Censorship has joined the Banned Books Week Coalition as the first international member of this US-based alliance.
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Mapping Media Freedom: Turkish editor arrested on terror propaganda charges
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Raif Badawi’s wife leads calls for his release at Saudi embassy in London
Index on Censorship joined a protest of solidarity outside of the Saudi embassy in London to call for the release of blogger Raif Badawi
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab hospitalised and denied bail
One of the Bahraini activist’s two trials has been postponed until 30 May as court rules to further extend his imprisonment
Glasgow School of Art bans student’s controversial artwork
The Glasgow School of Art has censored an artwork by James Oberhelm, a master of fine art student, on the grounds of “inappropriate content”
Mapping Media Freedom: Journalists barred from covering Theresa May event
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Turkey: After nine months in detention, Altans face court on 19 June
Nine months. That’s how long brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan have been in pre-trail detention in Turkey. Prosecutors are demanding multiple life sentences for the brothers, who will face their first day in court on 19 June.
Join the youth advisory board
Index on Censorship is recruiting for its next youth advisory board, which will sit from January to July 2018.
#FreeTurkeyMedia: “Solidarity is the most important thing we can give them”
On World Press Freedom Day protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in London to highlight the arrest and imprisonment of journalists in Turkey
The story of a strange (un)release from prison
Dr. Sunay Usluer, the wife of a journalist imprisoned in Turkey, shares her account of the anxious hours waiting for the release that never came.