Contents: The unnamed

19 Sep 2016 | Magazine, Magazine Contents, mobile, Volume 45.03 Autumn 2016

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The latest issue of Index on Censorship explores anonymity through a range of in-depth features, interviews and illustrations from around the world. The special report looks at the pros and cons of masking identities from the perspective of a variety of players, from online trolls to intelligence agencies, whistleblowers, activists, artists, journalists, bloggers and fixers.

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Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson writes on the damage done when her cover was blown, journalist John Lloyd looks at how terrorist attacks have affected surveillance needs worldwide, Bangladeshi blogger Ananya Azad explains why he was forced into exile after violent attacks on secular writers, philosopher Julian Baggini looks at the power of literary aliases through the ages, Edward Lucas shares The Economist’s perspective on keeping its writers unnamed, John Crace imagines a meeting at Trolls Anonymous, and Caroline Lees looks at how local journalists, or fixers, can be endangered, or even killed, when they are revealed to be working with foreign news companies. There are are also features on how Turkish artists moonlight under pseudonyms to stay safe, how Chinese artists are being forced to exhibit their works in secret, and an interview with Los Angeles street artist Skid Robot.

Outside of the themed report, this issue also has a thoughtful essay by novelist Hilary Mantel, called Blot, Erase, Delete, about the importance of committing to your words, whether you’re a student, an author, or a politician campaigner in the Brexit referendum. Andrey Arkhangelsky looks back at the last 10 years of Russian journalism, in the decade after the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya. Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov looks at how metaphor has taken over post-Soviet literature and prevented it tackling reality head-on. Plus there is poetry from Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky and Russian writer Maria Stepanova, plus new fiction from Turkey and Egypt, via Kaya Genç and Basma Abdel Aziz.

There is art work from Molly Crabapple, Martin Rowson, Ben Jennings, Rebel Pepper, Eva Bee, Brian John Spencer and Sam Darlow.

You can order your copy here, or take out a digital subscription via Exact Editions. Copies are also available at the BFI, the Serpentine Gallery, MagCulture, (London), News from Nowhere (Liverpool), Home (Manchester), Calton Books (Glasgow) and on Amazon. Each magazine sale helps Index on Censorship continue its fight for free expression worldwide.

Index on Censorship magazine was started in 1972 and remains the only global magazine dedicated to free expression. Past contributors include Samuel Beckett, Gabriel García Marquéz, Nadine Gordimer, Arthur Miller, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and many more.

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Does anonymity need to be defended?

Anonymity: worth defending, by Rachael Jolley: False names can be used by the unscrupulous but the right to anonymity needs to be defended

Under the wires, by Caroline Lees : A look at local “fixers”, who help foreign correspondents on the ground, can face death threats and accusations of being spies after working for international media

Art attack, by Jemimah Steinfeld: Ai Weiwei and other artists have increased the popularity of Chinese art, but censorship has followed

Naming names, by Suhrith Parthasarathy: India has promised to crack down on online trolls, but the right to anonymity is also threatened

Secrets and spies, by Valerie Plame Wilson: The former CIA officer on why intelligence agents need to operate undercover, and on the damage done when her cover was blown in a Bush administration scandal

Undercover artist, by Jan Fox: Los Angeles street artist Skid Robot explains why his down-and-out murals never carry his real name

A meeting at Trolls Anonymous, by John Crace: A humorous sketch imagining what would happen if vicious online commentators met face to face

Whose name is on the frame? By Kaya Genç: Why artists in Turkey have adopted alter egos to hide their more political and provocative works

Spooks and sceptics, by John Lloyd: After a series of worldwide terrorist attacks, the public must decide what surveillance it is willing to accept

Privacy and encryption, by Bethany Horne: An interview with human rights researcher Jennifer Schulte on how she protects herself in the field

“I have a name”, by Ananya Azad: A Bangladeshi blogger speaks out on why he made his identity known and how this put his life in danger

The smear factor, by Rupert Myers: The power of anonymous allegations to affect democracy, justice and the political system

Stripsearch cartoon, by Martin Rowson: When a whistleblower gets caught …

Signing off, by Julian Baggini: From Kierkegaard to JK Rowling, a look at the history of literary pen names and their impact

The Snowden effect, by Charlie Smith: Three years after Edward Snowden’s mass-surveillance leaks, does the public care how they are watched?

Leave no trace, by Mark Frary: Five ways to increase your privacy when browsing online

Goodbye to the byline, by Edward Lucas: A senior editor at The Economist explains why the publication does not name its writers in print

What’s your emergency? By Jason DaPonte: How online threats can lead to armed police at your door

Yakety yak (don’t hate back), by Sean Vannata: How a social network promising anonymity for users backtracked after being banned on US campuses

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Blot, erase, delete, by Hilary Mantel: How the author found her voice and why all writers should resist the urge to change their past words

Murder in Moscow: Anna’s legacy, by Andrey Arkhangelsky: Ten years after investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya was killed, where is Russian journalism today?

Writing in riddles, by Hamid Ismailov: Too much metaphor has restricted post-Soviet literature

Owners of our own words, by Irene Caselli: Aftermath of a brutal attack on an Argentinian newspaper

Sackings, South Africa and silence, by Natasha Joseph: What is the future for public broadcasting in southern Africa after the sackings of SABC reporters?

“Journalists must not feel alone”, by Can Dündar: An exiled Turkish editor on the need to collaborate internationally so investigations can cross borders

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Bottled-up messages, by Basma Abdel Aziz: A short story from Egypt about a woman feeling trapped. Interview with the author by Charlotte Bailey

Muscovite memories, by Maria Stepanova: A poem inspired by the last decade in Putin’s Russia

Silence is not golden, by Alejandro Jodorowsky: An exclusive translation of the Chilean-French film director’s poem What One Must Not Silence

Write man for the job, by Kaya Genç: A new short story about a failed writer who gets a job policing the words of dissidents in Turkey

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Global view, by Jodie Ginsberg: Europe’s right-to-be-forgotten law pushed to new extremes after a Belgian court rules that individuals can force newspapers to edit archive articles

Index around the world, by
 Josie Timms: Rounding up Index’s recent work, from a hip-hop conference to the latest from Mapping Media Freedom

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What ever happened to Luther Blissett? By Vicky Baker: How Italian activists took the name of an unsuspecting English footballer, and still use it today

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Copies are also available at the BFI, the Serpentine Gallery, MagCulture, (London), News from Nowhere (Liverpool), Home (Manchester), Calton Books (Glasgow) and on Amazon. Each magazine sale helps Index on Censorship continue its fight for free expression worldwide.

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Coming soon: Index on Censorship magazine’s anonymity issue

16 Sep 2016 | Magazine, Volume 45.03 Autumn 2016

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Autumn’s anonymity cover by Ben Jennings

The forthcoming issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores anonymity through a range of in-depth features, interviews and illustrations from around the world. The special report looks at the pros and cons of masking identities from the perspective of a variety of players, from online trolls to intelligence agencies, whistleblowers, activists, artists, journalists, bloggers and fixers. Contributors include former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, journalist John Lloyd, Bangladeshi blogger Ananya Azad and philosopher Julian Baggini,

Outside of the themed report, this issue also has a thoughtful essay by novelist Hilary Mantel, called Blot, Erase, Delete, illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Andrey Arkhangelsky looks back at the last 10 years of Russian journalism. Uzbek writer Hamid Ismailov explores how metaphor has taken over post-Soviet literature and prevented it tackling reality head-on. There is also poetry from Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky and Russian writer Maria Stepanova, plus new fiction from Turkey and Egypt, via Kaya Genç and Basma Abdel Aziz.

You can pre-order your copy here, or take out a digital subscription via Exact Editions. Copies will be available at the BFI, the Serpentine Gallery, MagCulture, (London), News from Nowhere (Liverpool), Home (Manchester), Carlton Books (Glasgow) and on Amazon. Each magazine sale helps Index on Censorship continue its fight for free expression worldwide.

Index on Censorship magazine was started in 1972 and remains the only global magazine dedicated to free expression. Past contributors include Samuel Beckett, Gabriel García Marquéz, Nadine Gordimer, Arthur Miller, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and many more.

Nominaciones abiertas para los Index on Censorship Libertad de Expresión Premios 2017

12 Sep 2016

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Index on Censorship abre nominaciones para los Premios Libertad de Expresión 2017.

  • Los premios reconocen a periodistas, defensores, artistas y activistas digitales que luchan contra la censura en cualquiera parte del mundo
  • Para hacer tu nominación visita: indexoncensorship.org/nominations
  • Las nominaciones están abiertas desde el 12 de septiembre hasta el 11 de octubre del 2016

A partir de hoy, las nominaciones para los Index on Censorship Libertad de Expresión Premios y Becas están abiertas. Ahora en el año 17, los premios distinguen a los más notables héroes de la libertad de expresión mundial. Los ganadores anteriores incluyen a los activistas digitales GreatFire de China, el caricaturista sirio Ali Farzat y el periodista angoleño Rafael Marques de Morais.

Index invita al público, a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, a los grupos sin fines de lucro y organizaciones de prensa para nombrar a alguien, ya sea individuos u organizaciones, que merecen ser premiados y apoyados en la lucha contra la censura en todo el mundo.

Existen cuatro categorías en los Index on Censorship Premios Libertad de Expresión:

  • Arte: para artistas de cualquier forma de expresión y productores de arte cuyo trabajo desafía la represión y la injusticia, y apoya la libertad de expresión artística.
  • Activista: para activistas y defensores que han tenido un impacto notable en la lucha contra la censura y la promoción de la libertad de expresión.
  • Activismo Digital: para activistas que usen medios tecnológicos innovadores para burlar la censura y permitir el intercambio libre e independiente de información.
  • Periodismo: para periodismo valiente y de alto impacto (en cualquiera de sus formas) que divulgan la censura y las amenazas a la libertad de expresión.

Los nominados pertinentes también son elegibles para la beca de Música en Exilio, que apoya a los músicos cuyo trabajo está en peligro.

Todos los ganadores reciben una semana en Londres con networking, formación avanzada y consultoría) durante el mes de Abril 2017, seguido de 12 meses de apoyo especializado para divulgar y sostener su valioso trabajo a favor de la libertad de expresión.

Jodie Ginsberg, CEO de Index on Censorship, dijo: “Los Premios de Libertad de Expresión no sólo resaltan sino fortalecen los grupos y personas que realizan un trabajo valiente y brillante para mejorar la libertad de expresión en todo el mundo. Estos son los verdaderos héroes, personas que a menudo tienen que superar obstáculos inmensos y se enfrentan a un gran peligro sólo por el derecho a expresarse. Insto a todos a nominar a su campeón de la libertad de expresión para asegurarse de que su voz sea oída.”

La lista de finalistas nominados a los premios será anunciada a finales de enero. Los ganadores serán anunciados en la ciudad de Londres en una ceremonia de gala el día 19 de abril del 2017 en el Teatro Unicorn.

Para más información sobre los premios y las becas, por favor, póngase en contacto con [email protected] o llame al +44 (0) 207 963 7262.

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Aprono le nomination per i Freedom of Expression Awards 2017 di Index on Censorship

12 Sep 2016

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Index on Censorship apre le nomination per i Freedom of Expression Awards e Fellowship 2017.

  • Gli Award onorano giornalisti, attivisti, attivisti digitali, e artisti di tutto il mondo che si battono contro la censura
  • Puoi nominare qualcuno su indexoncensorship.org/nominations
  • Le nomination sono aperte dal 12 settembre al 11 ottobre 2016

A partire da oggi, sono aperte le nomination per i Freedom of Expression Awards e borsa di Studio di Index on Censorship. Giunto alla 17esima edizione, il premio celebra alcuni tra i maggiori campioni della libertà di espressione in tutto il mondo.

I vincitori delle passate edizioni includono gli attivisti digitali cinesi GreatFire, il vignettista siriano Ali Farzat e il giornalista d’inchiesta angolano Rafael Marques de Morais.

Index invita pubblico, associazioni, Onlus e media a nominare chiunque (individui o gruppi) creadano vada celebrato e sostenuto per le sue battaglie contro la censura nel mondo.

I Freedom of Expression Awards si dividono in quattro categorie:

  • Arte per artisti (in ogni forma) e produttori artistici il cui lavoro sfida la repressione e l’ingiustizia, e celebra la libertà di espressione nell’arte.
  • Campagne per attivisti che hanno lasciato il segno nella lotta contro la censura e per la promozione della libertà di espressione.
  • Attivismo digitale per usi innovativi della tecnologia per eludere la censura e difendere un’informazione libera e indipendente.
  • Giornalismo per opere di giornalismo (di qualunque tipo) coraggiose, tenaci e di grande impatto che rivelino censura e minacce alla libertà di espressione.

È anche possibile nominare candidati per la Music in Exile Fellowship, che offre supporto a musicisti il cui lavoro è minacciato.

In qualità di borsisti premiati, i vincitori ricevono una settimana di formazione avanzata, consulenza e networking a Londra (Aprile 2017), seguita da 12 mesi di supporto ad hoc per amplificare e sostenere il prezioso lavoro che svolgono per la libertà di espressione nel mondo.

Jodie Ginsberg, CEO di Index, ha detto: “I Freedom of Expression Awards non solo mettono in luce, ma rafforzano individui e gruppi che si battono per la libertà di espressione nel mondo. Questi sono veri e propri eroi – persone che devono spesso superare ostacoli enormi e fare i conti con grandi pericoli in nome del diritto di potersi esprimere. Sollecito tutti a nominare i loro compioni della libertà di espressione – assicuratevi che la loro voce possa essere sentita.”

Una lista ristretta dei candidati del 2017 verrà annunciata a fine gennaio. I vincitori verranno annunciati in una cerimonia di gala all’Unicorn Theatre di Londra il 19 Aprile 2017.

Per maggiori informazioni sui premi e sulla borsa di studio rivolgersi a [email protected] o chiamare il +44 (0)207 963 7262.

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