2009: Year in review

year_in_review[1]Index on Censorship looks back on the highs and lows of the year. Editors, journalists, artists and scholars on the frontline review the challenges for free speech around the world. Internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei defies attempts to silence his blog and his protests; leading Russian editor. Dmitry Muratov speaks exclusively to Index about his fight for justice and Melissa Goodman asks why Barack Obama turned his back on transparency. Plus eyewitness accounts and analysis on Turkey, Burma, Sri Lanka, The Gambia, Zimbabwe and Iran.

The new free expression debates

On the morning of Monday 12 October, Index on Censorship will be teaming up with Policy Exchange and Google to discuss free expression and the Internet. Later that day, Liberty and Index on Censorship will stage Protest! an exciting event encouraging students to exercise their right to free speech, with special guest Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers

Why, people might sensibly ask, is Index on Censorship engaging with one of the world’s leading technology corporations and one of Britain’s top police chiefs? The answer is because we no longer see free expression only through the traditional prism of outright state censorship of or violence against writers and journalists.
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