In the summer 2016 issue of Index on Censorship magazine award-winning journalist Lindsey Hilsum asks if reporters should still be heading to warzones.
Lindsey Hilsum: The danger of reporting behind the lines
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Mapping Media Freedom: Spanish journalists harassed by Podemos officials
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries.
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab trial postponed until 16 April
The trial of jailed Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on charges of spreading “rumours and false news” was deferred for a second time on 7 March until 16 April.
Jacob Mchangama: Denmark’s revived blasphemy ban
The decision by prosecutors in Viborg to charge a man with blasphemy for burning a Koran shocked Danes.
Zaina Erhaim: “No one is left in Aleppo”
The Index-award winning journalist Zaina Erhaim was due to travel to the USA this month along with three other Syrian women to screen their documentary series, Syria’s Rebellious Women
Inside Syria’s war: The extreme dangers faced by local reporters
A Syrian citizen journalist on the realities of reporting in a country where a pseudonym and bulletproof vest offer little protection from constant danger
Homegrown: “Not enough has been said about the silencing of young artists”
There’s no question about it, agreed our panel: the controversial play about radicalisation was censored.
Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union
In the “safe” world of Swedish journalism, death threats are an everyday reality
A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics
Journalists in jeopardy: new report launches media freedom campaign
Media Freedom Month highlights pressures on journalists. Report shows media workers silenced through violence and arrest in 2016