Events at Free Word and the Bloomsbury Institute, plus talks for International Women’s Day and Essex Book Festival are just some calendar highlights coming up
This Week at Index: Dates for your diary
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CATEGORY: News
Free speech is for everyone — even if we don’t like it (The Times)
“The assertion that ‘I believe in free speech, but . . .’ has become depressingly familiar,” said Index on Censorship chief executive Jodie Ginsberg in the Thunderer column in The Times today. Read the full article
Index speaks to New York Times journalist about when he was forced to leave China
As China revokes the press credentials of three foreign journalists, we speak to Austin Ramzy about his own experience of having to leave the country because of a story
Legal threats to journalists: Call for contributions
Index on Censorship is carrying out research into the scale and nature of vexatious legal threats and actions against journalists in Europe
This Week at Index: 2020 Awards arts nominees, live facial recognition, and oh, would you like to be our new CEO?
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Free Speech and Index: a love letter
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="105876" img_size="large"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]14 February 2020 – Valentine’s Day – marks my last day at Index on Censorship after nearly six years at the helm. It feels...
2020 Arts shortlist: Using rap and YouTube satire to protect free speech
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This Week at Index: China’s coronavirus cover-up, alert over NI graffiti
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Become the new Chief Executive of Index on Censorship
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We live in the midst of radical changes to the ways people access news and information. When Index on Censorship was founded nearly 50 years ago, few could have foreseen the manner in which technology would now...
How is Chinese censorship affecting reporting of the coronavirus?
China is not just trying to contain the coronavirus; it is trying to contain and control information about the virus.