In the spring issue of the Index on Censorship magazine, we interviewed Aasim Saaed, who was kidnapped and held in captivity for 21 days last year....
Kidnapping: a tactic to silence journalists (Open Democracy, 16 April 2018)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
From Washington To Berlin: Vigils To Mark Six Months Since Caruana Galizia’s Assassination (Lovin Malta, 15 April 2018)
Eight vigils will be held across the world today to mark six months since the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a car bomb...
Vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Brussels (CPJ, 15 April 2018)
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Il-Kenniesa, Reporters Without Borders, Transparency International, and European Federation of Journalists,...
UN Amina J. Mohammed Meets Nigeria Oil Exec on SDGs, Heads to Qatar, Censors (Inner City Press, 13 April 2018)
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed was in Abuja when her government illegally refouled 47 to Cameroon, where some face the death penalty....
Freedom of Expression Awards (BBC, 12 April 2018)
Each year Index on Censorship honours activists who have been at the forefront of tackling censorship globally. Click hears from Jodie Ginsberg...
NCAC Joins 32 Organizations in Amicus Brief to Strike Down the Trump Administration’s Travel Ban (NCAC, 10 April 2018)
NCAC joins PEN America and 31 other prominent arts organizations to jointly file a friend of the court brief in the case of State of Hawaii v....
DARE: Denver post rebels against its hedge-fund ownership (PEN America, 9 April 2018)
In extraordinary public appeal, Denver Post’s “News Matters” report on its own fate shows readers how far-away hedge fund investors demanding...
Scottish news publishers warn cost penalties in Data Protection Bill would be ‘extremely damaging’ to industry (Press Gazette, 9 April 2018)
Bringing curbs against the press, which peers have tried to tag on to the Data Protection Bill, would have dire consequences for the Scottish...
Support for Bahraini human rights defender on seventh anniversary of his arrest (Ekklesia, 9 April 2018)
Seven years ago this month, human rights activists Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was taken from his home in Bahrain, tortured, tried in a military court, and...
NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest (IFEX, 5 April 2018
Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is an internationally-known Bahraini-Danish human rights defender who is the founder and former President of the Bahrain Centre...
Coalition of arts group resists third iteration of Trump travel ban (PEN America, 2 April 2018)
PEN America and 32 other prominent arts organizations have come together to jointly file a friend of the court brief in the case of State of Hawaii...
Censorship in contemporary comedy (British Comedy Guide, 30 March 2018)
As the promoter of the We are Funny Project, the biggest open mic comedy network in London, I have experienced a very rocky last few weeks, veering...
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