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International press freedom organisations call on Burundi authorities to investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders
Press freedom, media development and human rights organisations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders in Burundi
Leyla Yunus: “They’re planning to wipe us out”
Leyla Yunus, who is currently on trial on spurious charges, warns that Azerbaijan’s government is targeting her and her husband, Arif, to instill fear in the country’s citizens.
Honouring Tim Hetherington: New fellowship to train young journalist
Josie Timms has been awarded the first Liverpool John Moores University/Tim Hetherington Fellowship
Azerbaijan: Prosecutors seeking long sentences for Leyla and Arif Yunus
Prosecutors in the case against Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunus have asked the court to sentence the couple to 11 and 9 years respectively
Raymond Joseph: South Africa’s camera-shy police target journalists
Despite high-level meetings between media and the police’s top brass, who say that such actions are not condoned, incidents of journalist harassment continue to occur
Cancellation of Homegrown is very worrying
It is very worrying that a theatre production about an important subject and one that young people need to be able to discuss and debate should be closed down.
Student reading lists: censorship in the arts
The arts are an incredibly popular outlet for free expression but too often they are restricted. Index on Censorship have recently published a number of law packs informing artistic organisations of their rights when having their works challenged.
27 Aug: The Revolution Will Be Televised & Zambezi News
The Bafta-winning duo Heydon Prowse and Joylon Rubinstein, of BBC Three’s comedy series The Revolution Will Be Televised are joining their award-winning Zimbabwean counterparts Zambezi News for a very special one-off show at The Comedy CafĂ© Theatre, London
Anniversary of human rights defender’s arrest marks year of unprecedented repression in Azerbaijan
The Sport for Rights Coalition calls on the international community to immediately and publicly condemn the government of Azerbaijan’s actions and take concrete steps to support Azerbaijani civil society.
#StandUpForSatire: Top UK comedians come together in support of Index
Host Al Murray was joined by a stellar line-up of stand-up comics before a sell-out crowd of 900
#SingaceHungerStrike: Rights groups denounce Bahrain’s ongoing detention of academic
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), English PEN and Index on Censorship gathered outside the Bahrain Embassy in London on Wednesday 29 July 2015 to protest the ongoing detention of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace.