Journalists and sectoral groups slammed the Duterte government for the arrest of Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa over cyber libel...
CATEGORY: Index in the Press
I don’t want to hide, says Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa (Straits Times, 13 February 2019)
After decades spent in the shadow of a death sentence pronounced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Salman Rushdie is quietly defiant. Read the full...
Since when was it a police job to impose sanctions on drill musicians? (Guardian, 9 February 2019)
The authorities ban musicians from playing without official approval. The police prevent them from performing a song deemed unacceptable. The courts...
Novinare napadaju jer je to nekažnjivo (Vijesti, 6 February 2019)
Činjenica da oni koji prijete novinarima prolaze nekažnjeno, glavni je razlog i dalje velikog broja registrovanih slučajeva zastrašivanja medija u...
Campaigners call for an end to ‘gang injunctions’ against drill artists (Complete Music Update, 4 February 2019)
The signatories of the new letter, published by The Guardian – and who include grime rapper Saskilla, Index Of Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg and...
Proposed UK law could expose journalists’ emails, say critics (Guardian, 30 January 2019)
British police forces could find it easier to access journalists’ private emails as a result of legislation making its way through parliament,...
Cameroon journalist Mimi Mefo shortlisted for 2019 Press Freedom award (Africa News, 4 February 2019)
A Cameroonian journalist Mimi Mefo has been shortlisted for an award for her fearless mode of reportage in Cameroon’s media landscape considered as...
Stop criminalising our musicians (Guardian, 3 February 2019)
Sixty-five signatories from human rights organisations, as well as musicians, lawyers and academics, call on the Metropolitan police to stop using...
Universities are allowing free speech to be curtailed in favour of ‘rule of the mob’, former equalities chief warns (Telegraph, 3 February 2019)
Universities are allowing free speech to be curtailed on campuses in favour of “rule of the mob”, the former equalities chief has warned, as he says...
Skengdo and AM: the drill rappers sentenced for playing their song (Guardian, 31 January 2019)
Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship, points to the long history of the authorities targeting music by people “far removed from those in power...
Mapping Media Freedom details worrying trends impacting Turkish, European press (Ahval, 30 January 2019)
The European Commission-funded Mapping Media Freedom organisation has identified worrying trends threatening press freedom in European Union member...
The Artists and Journalists Nominated for the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards (Hyperallergic, 29 January 2019)
The Index on Censorship annually honors outspoken artists and activists who have made a significant contribution to fighting censorship through...

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