Bahraini authorities transferred human rights defender Nabeel Rajab from a clinic to the notorious Jau Prison despite severe medical risks, subjecting him to humiliating treatment on arrival.
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Bahrain’s reprisals against activist’s family must end
Index joins with international organisations to demand that nations urgently raise the case of Sayed Nazar Alwadaei, Hajar Mansoor Hasan and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor with the Government of Bahrain.
Bahraini court delays hearing for Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain’s Appeals Court convened in the second appeals hearing for Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in July for speaking to journalists.
Index welcomes call for better protection of free expression on campus
Index on Censorship welcomes the call by Minister Jo Johnson for freedom of expression to be better protected in universities.
International press freedom groups condemn killing of Maltese investigative journalist
Sixteen press freedom groups condemn the killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and demand an immediate and independent investigation into her death.
Frankfurt Book Fair: Free speech must apply to all
Free speech must apply to all — even people whose ideas we may find offensive.
Article 13: Monitoring and filtering of internet content is unacceptable
Index on Censorship joined with 56 other NGOs to call for the deletion of Article 13 from the proposal on the Digital Single Market.
Buffer zones have potential to set a dangerous precedent
A vote by Ealing Council that could see anti-abortion protesters banned from demonstrating outside a clinic in a bid to protect women from harassment raises troubling implications for freedom of expression.
58 NGOs support motion for dismissal of PACE president Pedro Agramunt
We, members of the NGO coalition the Civic Solidarity Platform (CSP) and other NGOs across Europe, welcome the recent motion for dismissal of Pedro Agramunt CA
Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Azerbaijan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Executive Summary 1. The submitting organisations welcome the opportunity to contribute to the third cycle of...
Guggenheim drops artworks after threats of violence
The Guggenheim’s alarming action continues a growing worldwide trend in which threats of violent protest are silencing artistic expression and posing a danger to free speech in general.
Index urges Ukraine to not extradite journalist to Uzbekistan
On 20 September authorities detained Narzullo Okhunjonov when he arrived at an international airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, following an Interpol red notice