Campaigners from Index on Censorship have sent books from left-wing bookshop Bookmarks to three UKIP members involved in a protest there at the...
CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Globally renowned twenty-four organisations signed petition for releasing Shahidul Alam (Daily Star, 11 August 2018)
To convey the support for Shahidul Alam, the detained photojournalist and activist, Index on Censorship and twenty-three other globally...
Ukip members sent ‘mind-broadening’ reading after bookshop attack (Guardian, 9 August 2018)
Index on Censorship gives books promoting tolerance to two men suspended from party after attack on Bookmarks in London. Read the full article.
Bookmarks attackers sent books to help ‘broaden their minds’ (Bookseller, 9 August 2018)
Index on Censorship is sending political party UKIP a bundle of books, including The Handmaid's Tale and a copy of the Quran, in the hope it will...
Count Dankula: Man who taught pug to do Nazi salute has appeal refused (Independent, 8 August 2018)
Independent cites Index on Censorship in its coverage of the rejection of Mark Meechan's appeal. Read the full article.
What is drill music and why is it linked to violent crime in London? (Metro, 8 August, 2018)
Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the campaign group Index on Censorship, tells Metro: "Banning a kind of music is not the way to handle ideas or...
Utah encryption startup donates almost $2M to fight digital snooping (Deseret News, 5 August 2018)
Mainframe, a Utah tech startup working to build a platform for secure and encrypted communications, leveraged a recent venture fundraising effort to...
Google accused of ‘chilling’ complicity in China after plans to launch censored search engine leak (The Telegraph, 1 August 2018)
Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg tells The Telegraph: “We’re appalled that Google -- which has repeatedly stressed its commitment to freedom of expression -...
Donald Trump’s words cause harm, again (Toronto Star, 31 July 2018)
Toronto Star cites Index research: Indeed, a report published in the Index on Censorship earlier this year found more than 20 political leaders...
Pakistan Elections and Censorship (BBC Click, 30 July 2018)
On the eve of the elections, Click talks to Umber Khairi and Samira Shackle who recently produced an Index on Censorship report on abuses through...
Haruki Murakami’s new novel declared ‘indecent’ by Hong Kong censors
Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship magazine, tells The Guardian that recent restrictions “appear to be part of a worrying trend in China...
Should we go on holiday to repressive countries? (Prospect, 18 July 2018)
Among the honey-coloured buildings of Valetta’s main street in front of the courthouse is a shrine to Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist...

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