To mark three years since the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, staffers at Index on Censorship headed to Downing Street to deliver an open letter to the UK Prime Minister and join others in protest
Day of action for Raif Badawi
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Fear of terror and offence pushing critical voices out of UK universities
From a government crackdown on extremism to marketing departments’ concerns over branding, lecturer Thomas Docherty looks at the threats to the tradition of free discussion on campus
Azerbaijan must allow free reporting at European Games
On the eve of the opening ceremony, foreign journalists and rights activists have been banned from reporting on the Baku Games. Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to allow civil society groups and journalists from at home and abroad to report freely
Shades of McCarthyism as global academic freedom challenged
Editor Rachael Jolley explains why the latest Index on Censorship magazine is focusing on academic freedom, with a look at current threats from around the worldwide, from Ukraine to the US
Summer magazine 2015: Is academic freedom being eroded?
Packed with stories from around the world, the upcoming issue of Index on Censorship magazine has a special report on academic freedom.
1 July: Silenced on campus: are our universities safe-guarding free expression?
Education, the beginning of some many roads. But if we start closing some of those avenues down, arguing that they are too dangerous or challenging, do we begin to travel in a terrifying direction?
Tony Blair’s plans to tackle extremism will stifle free speech
Ideas and opinions need to be exposed to open debate — not driven underground
Joint Letter: Prosecution of Rafael Marques de Morais
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are writing to you to express our strong concerns about the prosecution on criminal defamation charges of journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.
Government plans pose serious risk to free expression
The new UK government’s plans to tackle extremism and introduce a British bill of rights, as outlined in the Queen’s Speech on 27 May, raise the stakes significantly for freedom of expression in the United Kingdom
Pre-vetting broadcast content? That’s what dictatorships do, not democracies
The idea that the government should have a role in assessing content before it is broadcast should set alarm bells ringing, writes Jodie Ginsberg
Free expression groups welcome Supreme Court ruling on memoir
A Supreme Court judgment today has overturned an injunction preventing publication of the musician James Rhodes’ memoir Instrumental.
#IndexDrawtheLine: Where should governments draw the line on everyday surveillance?
To what extent is it possible to escape everyday surveillance amidst these developments and how would this affect our communications?
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