High school students were asked about their own, their teachers’ and parents’ political leanings, and were threatened with criminal records, writes Christos Syllas
Greece: Police interrogation of students prompts protests
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Life After Leveson: The UK media in 2014
Britain has always had a complicated relationship with the free press. On the one hand, Milton’s Apologia, Mill’s On Liberty, Orwell’s volleys at censorship and propaganda. On the other hand, there is a sense that journalists, editors and...
Brave Azerbaijani journalist’s plea for international support
Khadija Ismayilova tells democratic countries she doesn’t want “private diplomacy”: “I don’t believe in human rights advocacy behind closed doors. People of my country need to know that human rights are supported.”
New press regulator would not stop phone hacking, says Index panel
Doughty Street Chambers and Index on Censorship hosted a debate on the state of press freedom in the UK after the Leveson inquiry
High Court dismisses David Miranda challenge to Heathrow detention
Ruling represents a dangerous elision of terrorist activity and legitimate journalistic practice
Drawing the Line: “promoting” same-sex relationships?
Homosexuality and LGBT rights have has been making headlines. Index hosted a Google Hangout to debate young people’s views on same-sex relationships
Turkey: Censorship laws don’t sell themselves
Over the past few weeks, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey has deployed a curated mix of paid-for advertising, op-eds in pro-government newspapers, tweets and off-the-cuff press statements to justify their curbs on internet freedom. Alastair Sloan reports
Belarus must immediately reform its approach to media
Analysis shows there have been no visible improvements of Belrusian media freedom during in recent years. The authorities must now act.
Turkey: Artistic freedom and censorship
Limitations and challenges to freedom of expression and of assembly in Turkey have – once again – come to international attention over the past year. But despite this, censorship of the arts is often unreported.
Turkey: Artists engaged in Kurdish rights struggle face limits on free expression
A companion report: Developments in cultural policy and its effects on freedom of the arts, Ankara As we have shown in previous publications, artists engaged in the Kurdish rights struggle are differentially affected by limitations to freedom of...