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Letter: “The need for serious reforms…is as urgent as ever”
In a letter, writer Akram Aylisli writer asked the president of Azerbaijan to intervene and remove the criminal case against him.
#IndexAwards2016 Fellowship: We all have to act but we prefer peaceful acts
Following the Freedom of Expression Awards on 13 April, Index on Censorship magazine editor Rachael Jolley caught up with the fellowship
Protests in motion: When films inspire rights’ movements
Ten Years, a dystopian vision of Hong Kong under China’s rule, is just the last example of how popular films and rights’ movements can go together
Azerbaijan: Akram Aylisli faces further charges after sending letter to president
The case against Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli, who previously faced charges of hooliganism after being detained at Baku Haydar Aliyev International Airport on 30 March
Dunja Mijatović: Chronicling infringements on internet freedom is a necessary task
As the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, I believe that the rights afforded to producers and consumers of traditional media equally apply to new media platforms as well
Poland: Scholar questioned over claim Poles killed more Jews than they did Germans during World War II
A Polish prosecutor has interrogated Jan Gross, a Polish-American professor of history at Princeton University
Bolo Bhi: Pakistan’s cyber crimes bill needs major changes
The cyber crimes bill passed by Pakistan’s lower legislative chamber is unacceptable and needs major changes, Bolo Bhi told Index on Censorship.
Untitled, @MuradSubay, 14/4/16
“I invite people like this: I just say – you paint now.” That’s how it works with artist Murad Subay.
Smockey: “The people in Europe don’t know what the governments in Africa do.”
Burkinabe rapper and activist Smockey officially becomes the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow