Index on Censorship calls on the Maldivian authorities to step up their investigation and pursue the individuals behind the murders of the journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla and blogger Yameen Rasheed.
Proposals to address so-called hate groups put forward by the Tony Blair Institute risk damaging freedom of speech in the UK, Index on Censorship warned.
48 human rights and press freedom organisations have lodged an urgent appeal in relation to the arrest and arbitrary detention of Nigerian journalist and human rights defender Omoyele Sowore
A coalition of eight media freedom and journalists’ organisations are calling on Russian authorities to immediately stop the harassment of journalists who have been covering the recent protests in Moscow.
Lord Carlile’s close ties with and publicly declared support for the Prevent strategy undermine the integrity and credibility of the review.
The groups are urging the government to ensure that the review of Prevent is comprehensive and truly independent
Fifteen international organisations have written to Amal Clooney to urge she pressure the UK to act on Bahrain’s human rights abuses.
Index on Censorship strongly condemns a decision by a Turkish court to block the independent news outlet Bianet and over a hundred other sites, accounts and videos. The organisation calls for the order to be reversed.
Human rights and freedom of expression organisations have condemned a judicial ruling made by a Turkish court in the second hearing of the Gezi Park trial.
Twenty press freedom organisations have written to the new president of the European Commission to urge that media freedom is made a top priority.
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 18 other human rights and freedom of expression organisations condemn a Turkish pro-government think-tank’s report that accuses leading international media of being biased against the government and singles out their correspondents for attack.
Index on Censorship condemns the decision by the UK Foreign Office to deny accreditation to Russia’s RT and Sputnik news agencies to attend its media freedom conference.
