The 10th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have fought to expose censorship and abuse. Read the full shortlist here.
The night is also Index’s most important fundraising event. Your support in the auction will help fund our work for the next 12 months, so bid early and bid high!
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Three interesting pieces today.
Libel from a European perspective: Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad looks at the case for libel reform in London: libel capital of the world
The Times examines the Binyam Mohamed case in Media asks court to reinstate criticism of MI5
and the Press Gazette examines why a Mosley Europe win could end ‘publish and be damned’
Zimonline carries the heartbreaking testimony of Index on Censorship contributor Stanley Kwenda, who was forced to flee Zimbabwe after receiving threats last week:
Friday began with the normal routine, which means grabbing all the newspapers I can lay my hands on just to check what’s happening around.
I had just received a copy of British-based Index on Censorship 2009 Review. From the moment I flipped open the first chapter, I could never put the book down.
The stories told in the book of how some journalists elsewhere in the world have stood up to tyranny — with some even getting killed in the process — in order to be able to practise their profession are encouraging.
Although, I must admit, there is something quite disturbing about knowing that someone could order your death simply because you dared tell a story.
Somewhere, on one of the pages of the Index, there was a long list of journalists who have either been harassed, incarcerated or lost their lives in the line of duty. Interestingly, some of them were from Zimbabwe — and little did I know that by end of that day, I would be part of the statistics.
And read Stanley Kwenda’s Index article on Zimbabwean censorship here
The new coalition government in Zimbabwe has so far failed to deliver on its promise of greater media freedom, says Stanley Kwenda
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