Category: <span>mobile</span>

Poland: Worrying implications of defamation through the criminal code

When investigative journalist Jaroslaw Jakimczyk requested information from Qumak S.A., the technology company did something rather unexpected

Turkey: Index condemns killing of lawyer during press conference

by Index on Censorship | 30 Nov 15

Index on Censorship condemns the killing of Turkish human rights lawyer Tahir Elci, who was shot during a press conference on Saturday.

Joint statement on death sentence of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh

by Index on Censorship | 27 Nov 15

Index on Censorship condemns the decision by Saudi authorities to sentence Ashraf Fayadh to death on charges of apostasy

France’s state of emergency poses threat to press freedom

by Valeria Costa-Kostritsky | 27 Nov 15

Index’s Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Valeria Costa-Kostritsky looks at how emergency powers enacted to combat terrorism in France also pose dangers to a free press

Exploring challenges to press freedom across Europe

by Dagny Crepeau | 26 Nov 15

A new graphic novel exploring challenges to press freedom across Europe and the impact of limitations on journalists has been released by the European Youth Press.

Ray Joseph: South Africans voice anger at country’s media environment

by Raymond Joseph | 26 Nov 15

The media does not care about us, they never report things relevant to us and papers are only interested if there is bad news

Zunar awarded International Press Freedom Award

by Josie Timms | 25 Nov 15

Malaysian cartoonist Zunar has won the International Press Freedom Award 2015 from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

NGOs condemn imprisonment and nationality revocation of photographer

by Index on Censorship | 25 Nov 15

Award-winning photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and had his nationality revoked, along with 12 others, after covering a series of demonstrations in early 2014.