* Fear of prosecution over free speech can chill arts practitioners * Issues triggered by Exhibit B shutdown and Muhammad images show need for...
New guidance for arts professionals on controversial productions
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CATEGORY: Press Releases
Art and controversy: a new project
Index is delighted to be launching a new project, based on its past work on art and offence, that will offer artists, producers and curators help in...
Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2015 Freedom of Expression Awards
* South American cartoonist and mafia investigator shortlisted for 2015 Freedom of Expression award * Other nominees include a jailed Moroccan...
Index on Censorship response to the IMPRESS consultation
November 2014 (PDF) As a UK-based organisation dedicated to the promotion of free speech and elimination of censorship worldwide, Index on...
Shout Art Loud: A “living report” on art and sexual violence in Egypt
Graffiti artists, cartoonists, dancers and actors are fighting back against rising levels of violence and sexism in the streets of Cairo, according to a new documentary from Index.
Grayling’s plans for tougher sentencing are unlikely to act as a deterrent to trolls
The UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced plans to increase the maximum prison sentence for online abuse, or trolling, to two years....
Rights groups call on UK to press Bahrain to release human rights defenders
Nine human rights organisations called on the British government on Friday to speak out publicly in the case of activists currently being detained...
Nominations open for Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2015
Awards honour journalists, campaigners and artists fighting censorship globally Judges include journalist Mariane Pearl and human rights lawyer Sir...
15 Oct: Press conference with recently freed Bahrain activist Maryam Alkhawaja
Bahrain human rights defender and 2012 Index Award Winner Nabeel Rajab is being detained and facing trial under arrest for peacefully expressing his...
Shout Art Loud shortlisted for Amnesty Awards
The interactive documentary shows how graffiti artists, cartoonists, dancers and actors are fighting back against rising levels of violence and sexism on the streets of Cairo
“Calling art terrorism is too simplistic”: Lewisham Young Advisers on #IndexDrawtheLine
Index on Censorship was invited to join a meeting of the Lewisham Young Advisers to talk about our Draw the Line programme and discuss "Can art or...
Balkans home to nearly half of media freedom violations
Over 170 cases have been submitted on a new media freedom crowdsourcing platform since its launch in May, while about half of the mapped cases of...
Press releases from freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship, the global voice of free expression
