Editors, ministers and lawyers have criticised the Metropolitan Police for encroaching on press freedom by warning journalists they could face...
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Andrew Graham-Yooll, the man who dared to report on Argentina’s missing (BBC)
When plainclothes policemen came to the Buenos Aires Herald's office brandishing machine guns, the newspaper's staff knew they were coming. It was...
Presenter on RT says network tries to offer ‘alternative view’ of world affairs (EuroNews)
Russia’s RT and Sputnik Networks were the only two media organisations to be banned from the Media Freedom Conference taking place in London this...
Foreign minister commits to public inquiry within three months (The Shift)
International press freedom and human rights organisations raise Daphne Caruana Galizia case at global media conference in London. Read the full...
It’s now clear who Jeremy Hunt has banned from his ‘media freedom’ event. Irony is dead. (Canary)
Irony, it seems, is dead. Because foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has barred journalists from attending the UK government’s ‘media freedom’ conference...
History, humour and humility: Remembering Andrew Graham-Yooll (Buenos Aires Times)
Andrew Graham-Yooll, the respected, influential and talented writer and journalist whose experiences with Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military...
Debate on Julian Assange at London’s Frontline Club for journalists (World Socialist Web Site)
The Frontline Club, bringing together journalists and photographers with an interest in war reporting and international relations, organised a...
How the Art World Can Fight a ‘Culture of Censorship’ (Freize)
Do arts organizations and artists in the UK need support to deal with issues of censorship? A new initiative from the London-based nonprofit Index...
Talib Kweli’s removal from festival lineup is part of anti-Palestinian censorship trend (The Guardian)
We are shocked that the Open Source Festival in Düsseldorf has disinvited the black American rapper Talib Kweli, leading to the cancellation of his...
Jodie Ginsberg: Companies that police their worker’s opinions are a danger to democracy (The Telegraph)
Most people who work will have a contract that allows employers to dismiss them under certain circumstances: incompetence, negligence, misconduct....
‘Stop Silencing Musicians’ Krept & Konan Tell Courts (M Magazine)
The Government’s proposed new online safety laws pose a threat to freedom of expression in the UK, Index on Censorship claims.
Local News in Global Decline (Global Journalist)
The Government’s proposed new online safety laws pose a threat to freedom of expression in the UK, Index on Censorship claims.
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