[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In March 2020, Index on Censorship partnered with Justice for Journalists Foundation to keep track of attacks on media freedom under cover of the Covid-19 pandemic. Four months on and the project has recorded...
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Ruth Smeeth: “Index will always be a home for people who want to be heard”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="104009" img_size="full"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are so many ways you can infringe on someone else’s free speech and obviously some examples are much more egregious...
Who will protect us?
With the re-election of Andrzej Duda as president of Poland, whose campaign featured attacks on the media, independent journalists fear for their future
#HoldTheLine Coalition calls on Philippines authorities to drop Maria Ressa charges ahead of 22 July hearing
Rappler founder faces up to a century in jail from the various tax and libel charges ranged against her
Interview with Özlem Dalkıran of the Istanbul 10: “It was a clear message to civil society in Turkey: Stop”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 5 July 2017, human rights defenders from a number of different organisations gathered on the island of Büyükada for a workshop on the protection of digital information. On the third day of the workshop, ten of...
Ruth Smeeth: “We must make sure that journalism survives the pandemic”
The plight of the Uighurs shows that we must ensure their stories continue to be reported
The Harpers open debate letter: a reading list
The signatories to a letter in Harpers magazine about open debate are familiar to Index magazine
Interview with Nadine Strossen: “People should feel free to engage in respectful but robust and highly critical debate”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship's editor in chief Rachael Jolley speaks with Professor Nadine Strossen of New York Law School and a former head of the American Civil Liberties Union. Strossen is one of 150 writers and...
Ruth Smeeth: “Free speech is a force for good”
150 writers and academics have signed an open letter saying the forces of illiberalism are gaining strength throughout the world
Index joins #HoldTheLine campaign in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines
Campaign takes its name from Ressa’s commitment to ‘hold the line’ in response to sustained state harassment and prolific online violence
