Unlike other people’s definitions of who you are – something over which one can exercise little control – self-definitions are tricky little...
Backstory: The Many Shades of Journalistic Fearlessness (The Wire)
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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
UK rights group urges queen to tackle Bahrain king on repression (Middle East Eye)
British rights activists have called on the queen to protest against rising repression, torture and executions in Bahrain when she meets the Gulf...
Journalists need courage and paranoia in repressive Maldives regime (The New Arab)
When satirical blogger Yameen Rasheed was brutally murdered in the stairwell of his apartment block on 23 April, it brought home a regrettable...
Free speech groups call for public interest defence for whistleblowers (The Guardian)
A public interest defence should be created to protect journalists and whistleblowers who disclose secret information that reveals serious criminal...
New report from Index on Censorship paints a bleak picture for U.S. press freedom (Poynter)
The press freedom situation in the United States is worsening not only because of President Trump's anti-press rhetoric but because of a...
Double standards: Do all journalist lives matter? (The Manila Times)
Taha avoids giving his last name to journalists, but not out fear of the Sudanese government, whose harassment he fled in 2015. “I don’t want any of...
UK falls further down the World Press Freedom Index (Wired)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published the 2017 rankings for the World Press Freedom Index – a system for rating the freedom of the media and...
America’s place in the world (National Review)
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VOA连线：变态辣椒获国际言论自由奖 环时叫板为哪般？(Voice of America)
4月19日，流亡日本的中国异议漫画家“变态辣椒”获得英国团体“聚焦审查”（Index on Censorship）的国际言论自由奖。对此，中国官媒《环球时报》发表评论员单仁平的文章《泛滥的“言论自由奖”都想傍中国 》，指“变态辣椒”...
Referendum Sonuçları Britanya Parlamentosu’nda Konuşuldu (Arti 49)
Türkiye'deki referandumun sonuçları, Londra merkezli Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) ve ifade özgürlüğü üzerine çalışmalar yapan Index on...
Turkey Blocks’a ifade özgürlüğü ödülü (T24)
Türkiye'de internet kesintilerini takip eden Turkey Blocks projesi, çevrimiçi sansürün denetlenmesi ve dijital şeffaflığa katkılarından dolayı Index...
Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards (BBC Click)
On the eve of the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards ceremony Gareth Mitchell talks to its Head of Advocacy, Melody Patry, and one of...
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