After the total capture of the media environment inside the country, the government of Ilham Aliyev has turned its attention to silencing critics in exile.
Trolls and insults: Azerbaijan’s exiled media increasingly under fire
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Russia: As space for independent media shrinks, journalists find themselves under increasing threats of physical violence
This report looks at 175 incidents that Index on Censorship’s Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project classified as threats, limitations or violations of press freedom in Russia between 1 February 2019 and 30 April 2019.
This week at Index: Violence as a tool to silence journalists
The latest reports from Index’s monitoring project detail physical violence against journalsits in Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
Turkish journalists facing unprecedented surge of physical assaults
In Turkey, the government uses national security and terror legislation to censor journalists. Arrests, detentions and trials of media workers are frequent.
Forest Folktales explore grisly tales of love and adventure
Index on Censorship’s Forest Folktales: Uncensored did not take place in a mystical fairyland, but rather at this year’s Latitude Festival
In Ukraine, violence is the tool of choice against journalists
This report looks at physical assaults that Index on Censorship’s Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project classified as threats, limitations or violations of press freedom in Ukraine between 1 February 2019 and 30 June 2019.
Banned Books Week: Book burner to stand trial in Iowa
Paul Dorr, a director of a Christian organisation, is set to stand trial for burning books he checked out of the Orange City library in Iowa
Ebtisam Al-Saegh: “I think about justice and justice for the rest of the victims”
“My main objective is to tell about the truth and whatever is going on on the ground,” said Ebtisam Al-Saegh, a Bahraini human rights activist, told Index on Censorship.
Andrew Graham-Yooll on Argentina
Andrew Graham-Yooll served as editor for the Index on Censorship magazine from 1989-1994. To honour his memory, Index features some highlights of his writing for the magazine about his home country Argentina
This week at Index: Dirty, awful and obscene and the joy of reading freely
This week, Index’s CEO Jodie Ginsberg appeared in The Telegraph and on the British Library’s podcast
In memory of Andrew Graham-Yooll
Former editor of Index on Censorship magazine Judith Vidal-Hall remembers her friend and former Index colleague
Edward Snowden: “People think of 2013 as a surveillance story, but it was really a democracy story”
Open Rights Group’s OrgCon 2019 explored privacy and surveillance online.
