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Ireland: Trinity College newspaper faces closure over investigation into all-male student society
The initiation ceremony, or “hazing”, was seemingly meted out to those invited to become members of the Knights of the Campanile, an invitation-only sporting society, based on similar bodies at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Radio Foyle, 9 April 2019)
Combine a legal duty of care with very large fines and personal criminal responsibility for senior managers, and you get a strong incentive for online platforms to remove lots of content.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Newshour, 8 April 2019)
“It’s very important that when you propose laws that will affect people on a very large scale, that it needs to be based on evidence and a thoughtful, careful approach because you can do a huge amount of damage,” Hyvarinen said.
Joy Hyvarinen on the UK government’s online harms white paper (BBC Today, 8 April 2019)
“The government is under public pressure to be seen to be doing something about this problem,” Hyvarinen said.
Habari RDC: “We must do everything possible so that Congolese society becomes more democratic”
In December 2018, when Index last spoke to Habari RDC, the DRC was gearing up for an election that would name a successor to president Joseph Kabila, who had been in power since 2001
This week at Index: And the winners are…
Index announces the winners of the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowships.
#IndexAwards2019: Index announces Freedom of Expression Awards winners
A Kurdish artist imprisoned for her paintings of the destruction of a town in Turkey’s Kurdish region and a worldwide network monitoring threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists around the world are among the winners of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.
Zehra Doğan: “It is not only art that has had boundaries drawn around it in Turkey”
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Arts Award, Zehra Doğan is a Kurdish painter and journalist who, during her imprisonment, was denied access to materials for her work.
Fundación Karisma: “At the heart of Karisma’s work has always been the promotion of access to knowledge and culture”
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Digital Activism Award, Fundación Karisma is a civil society organisation fighting for digital rights in Colombia.
Mimi Mefo: “This award is not just for me, but also for others who continue to stand up for press freedom”
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award, Mimi Mefo is one of less than a handful of journalists working without fear or favour in Cameroon’s climate of repression and self-censorship.
Cartoonists Rights Network International: “Like virtually no other profession the cartoonist makes it their business to remind the citizenry that the emperor is naked”
Winner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Campaigning Award, Cartoonists Rights Network International monitors threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists worldwide.
