Index is concerned that clauses of the UK’s Counter-Terrrorism and Border Security bill will diminish those rights and freedoms. It submitted this paper to parliament to ask it to consider changes to the proposed bill.
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The actions of the Russian Federation are jeopardising online freedoms everywhere
Index on Censorship joins 52 other international organisations to warn that the Russian Federation is pursuing policies that are significantly and rapidly encroaching online freedoms.
Max Hill QC quotes Index on Censorship on the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill
Index expressed concern about “the potential restrictive and frightening effect on researchers, students, academics and journalists, amongst others, who are researching case studies, making arguments and carrying out interviews”
India: Love, Simon release indefinitely delayed
Indians took to Twitter to express their frustration after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) pushed the release of the film Love Simon back indefinitely.
Risks, rights and reputations: challenging a risk averse culture
This vital half-day training for CEOs and chairs of trustees supports arts and cultural organisations to handle difficult subjects and sensitive stories to deliver the best work possible
Kill drill: The death of freedom of expression?
Censorship of a form of music which affords an already marginalised minority a rare opportunity to express themselves publicly is an attack against their fundamental rights as human beings.
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti: Freedom of expression must be at the core of artistic institutions
Artists make the work. Institutions put the work on. That’s the deal. It’s a simple but weird relationship.
Gang members banned from making “drill” music
The Metropolitan Police sought an unprecedented Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) against the teenage and young adult defendants, prohibiting them from making music in the genre
Say no to Article 13’s censorship machine
From academics and journalists to parents uploading videos of their children, Article 13’s upload filter would impact professional and ordinary content creators alike.
Join the youth advisory board
Index on Censorship is recruiting for its next youth advisory board, which will sit from July to December 2018.
Cuba’s first alternative art biennial: “We built an inclusive space of free creation and true collaboration”
Despite every effort to stop it in its tracks, Cuba saw the successful completion of its first independent art biennial, organised without the support of the state
Turkish artists continue their work in the face of repression
The last time Onur Erem and his girlfriend Zehra DoÄźan, a Turkish artist and journalist, met face-to-face, she was chirpy and seemed happy, he recalls
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