Articles by Index on Censorship
Australia: Free expression detained?
25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns of increasing attempts to regulate press
In recent years, there has been a perceptible increase in far-reaching restrictions on the media across the globe, warns Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns of increasing attempts to regulate press
In recent years, there has been a perceptible increase in far-reaching restrictions on the media across the globe, warns Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.
Draft UK law empowers the wealthy and threatens independent journalism
Section 40 is part of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, which deals with a whole range of issues but also implemented some of the recommendations contained in the Leveson Report into phone hacking by newspapers.
Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.
Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.
Bahrain must cease judicial harassment of Faisal Hayyat and other Bahraini journalists
48 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to cease its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and its violation of their right to freedom of expression.
Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy
Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.