Category: <span>Press Releases</span>

Angela Merkel: Stop mass surveillance

‘If Angela Merkel does not like the idea of having her phone monitored by the NSA then she needs to do something about it.' Following allegations...

Free speech groups, celebrities and citizens demand EU ends mass surveillance

by Index on Censorship | 24 Sep 13

Nearly 40 free speech groups from across the world are calling on the European Union to take a stand against mass surveillance by the US and other...

Q&A: Mass surveillance and what it means to you

by Index on Censorship | 24 Sep 13

What is actually happening? Following initial revelations in The Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden, reports by international media...

Tell David Cameron #dontspyonme

by Index on Censorship | 01 Aug 13

Index has launched a petition calling on European Heads of Government to stop the US, UK and other governments from carrying out mass surveillance....

Index on Censorship condemns verdicts in Bradley Manning case

by Index on Censorship | 30 Jul 13

Free speech organisation Index on Censorship condemns the guilty verdicts in the trial of Bradley Manning. However, we welcome the verdict of not...

‘Privacy and freedom from state intrusion’

by Index on Censorship | 30 Jul 13

Stephen Fry, Bianca Jagger and Anish Kapoor sign Index on Censorship petition to end mass surveillance by the NSA, GCHQ and other governments....

Index wins 2013 Hermann Kesten Prize from German PEN

by Index on Censorship | 26 Jul 13

Index on Censorship has been awarded the 2013 Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Center Germany. The award was given in recognition of Index's work...

Tell Europe’s leaders to stop mass surveillance #dontspyonme

by Index on Censorship | 25 Jul 13

Index on Censorship has launched a petition calling on European Union Heads of Government to stop the US, UK and other governments from carrying out mass surveillance.

Index calls on Egypt’s interim government to halt censorship of media

by Index on Censorship | 04 Jul 13

In the wake of the ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi in Egypt and commitments to initiate a road map to return to democracy, Index on Censorship calls on Egypt’s interim government to stop all censorship introduced as part of the military takeover, immediately reverse the closure of media outlets, release journalists arrested, and to allow a free and open media to operate representing all views in society.