Index Index – International free speech round up 07/02/13
Index Index – International free speech round up 07/02/13
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Censors ensure China's film fans are missing the big picture
Daisy Williams: Censors ensure China’s film fans are missing the big picture
Index Index – International free speech round up 06/02/13
Index Index – International free speech round up 06/02/13
Bahrain is Britain’s shame
At her speech in the House of Commons, Maryam Alkhawaja asked MPs to put pressure on Bahrain to commit to reforms and free political prisoners, including her father and sister. Here, the prominent human rights defender denounces Britain’s indifference
Arts organisations taking the offensive
Index on Censorship’s conference
Taking the Offensive, held at London’s Southbank Centre highlighted how artistic freedom in the UK is under threat. The conference focused on how arts organisations support artistic freedom especially when controversy is arises
PLUS: Artistic freedom under threat, says Southbank director
The modern Big Brothers
Autocratic, authoritarian and totalitarian states take it upon themselves to actively stifle freedom of expression. These states can look very different – “socialist” North Korea may seem very different to “theocratic” Iran, but even with vastly differing cultures and political landscapes, we can draw similarities between the methods used by these regimes to suffocate and in some cases entirely suppress free speech
Downloading evil
Writing for Index on Censorship magazine in 2007, the late Stan Cohen argued that child pornography and jihadi violence were testing the limits of tolerance
What future for free speech in the new Egypt?
Egypt closed 2012 with a new constitution and opened this year with growing discontent with President Mohamed Morsi. Ashraf Khalil reflects on a tumultuous year, and looks ahead to an uncertain future
Leveson: The way ahead for a free press in the UK
A tough but voluntary regulator is the best way to ensure a free press and a fair society, Index says in a new policy note
Plus: Why Leveson’s recommendations are more worrying than you think
Nothing to celebrate on second anniversary of Belarus protests
On the second anniversary of the Minsk protests, Index calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Belarus