Cassandra Vera has been sentenced to one year in prison for thirteen jokes about the murder of the Francoist leader Carrero Blanco in 1973.
Daniel Gascón: The joke is on Cassandra Vera
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Spies, lies and wandering eyes
In the spring issue of Index on Censorship magazine, we look at how free speech around the world is under massive pressure from conflicting interests.
Russia: Journalists detained during anti-corruption protests
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Russian and international journalists who were covering anti-corruption protests that took place across Russia on Sunday 26 March 2017 were among those detained as police moved to disperse demonstrators. The...
Amberin Zaman: Turkey has entered uncharted waters
Many cast Turkey’s April 16 referendum as a final chance to reverse the slide towards authoritarianism. But the odds are heavily stacked against the opposition.
#IndexAwards2017: Maati Monjib and the cost of free speech in Morocco
A well-known academic at the University of Rabat, Maati Monjib co-founded Freedom Now to campaign for free expression in Morocco, and now faces persecution
Mapping Media Freedom: Mass detention of journalists in Belarus on Freedom Day
Index on Censorship’s weekly roundup of Mapping Media Freedom, a project that verifies violations against the media throughout Europe
John Mortimer: Return to Oz
In one of barrister Sir John Mortimer’s last interviews before he died in January 2009, he talked to Index about the notorious Oz trial of 1971
Exiled, jailed, silenced: The war against Azerbaijan’s journalists
Azerbaijan’s independent and critical journalists frequently find themselves targeted.
#IndexAwards2017: Arcoiris fights tirelessly for LGBT rights in Honduras
Arcoiris works at all levels of Honduran society to advance LGBT rights and provide support to many victims of violence
#IndexAwards2017: Ildar Dadin courageously defends the right to protest in Russia
For his one-man protests, Ildar Dadin was sent to prison where he was tortured, before his conviction was quashed in February 2017