[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At a time of deep political division, this year’s Banned Books Week, September 24–30, will celebrate the...
Banned Books Week 2017 to Celebrate Everyone’s Freedom to Read (American Booksellers)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
First journalists go on trial over Turkey coup bid (Middle East Eye)
Prominent journalists were among 17 people who went on trial in Istanbul on Monday on charges of links to the group allegedly behind last year's...
Prominent journalists among those facing trial over failed Turkish coup (France 24)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prominent journalists were among 17 people who went on trial in Istanbul on Monday on charges of links to the...
Index on Censorship: 45 years fighting for writers (Irish Times)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Samuel Beckett and Cecil Day-Lewis helped Stephen Spender set up Index to highlight censored writers’ plight...
Laughter can ease life’s pain – we must protect the freedom to joke (New Statesman)
The world is in serious need of a laugh right now. A ridiculous, oversized belly laugh would let the tension ease out. We are on edge, with that...
Laughter can ease life’s pain – we must protect the freedom to joke (New Statesman)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The world is in serious need of a laugh right now. A ridiculous, oversized belly laugh would let the tension ease...
What the Romans did for us: on the age-old art of propaganda (Open Democracy)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]People see propaganda as a modern problem – manipulation by mass media. But the story is far older, and the...
Journalist shot while reporting from Yemen warns media (Press Gazette)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yemeni journalist Abdulaziz Muhammad al-Sabri details the dangers of reporting in his country. Interview by Laura...
More than 3,000 threats to press freedom put on the map in new online project (Press Gazette)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There have been more than 3,100 recorded threats to press freedom across Europe and its neighbouring states in...
Expert Contributors: Rachael Jolley, Index on Censorship on Fake News (Economist Educational Foundation)
Rachael Jolley is the editor of Index on Censorship. Censorship is when somebody takes away your freedom of speech. For example, the Chinese...
Banned Books Week coming to the UK this year
Freedom of expression organisation Index on Censorship has joined the Banned Books Week Coalition as the first international member of the US-based...
One of Mexico’s most revered narco journalists was gunned down outside his office (Vice News)
One of the most experienced and respected journalists covering Mexico’s brutal drug war was murdered Monday in Sinaloa, a state plagued by narco...
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