Index on Censorship

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ARTICLE 19

Turkey: State of emergency provisions violate human rights and should be revoked

Twenty-six NGOs are calling on the Government of Turkey to ensure that the state of emergency and the related emergency decrees are not tools to facilitate serious human rights violations and to silence dissent.

A woman places flowers before a portrait of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, in Moscow, on 7 October 2009., AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File

“It is not law that rules Russia today”: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya 10 years on

On the 10th anniversary of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, Index on Censorship publishes her 2002 article for its magazine, where she wrote about threats made against her life.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 22, 2016., REUTERS/Chris Watte

Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China

IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.

Link to: Why is Taraf trial so significant for Turkey?

Why is Taraf trial so significant for Turkey?

Trial of journalists from defunct publication could be a litmus test for free expression in post-coup Turkey.

Police officers patrol streets after recent mass protests in the town of Ismailli, 200 km northwest of Baku, 25 January 2013, REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvil

Renewed crackdown ahead of referendum

Less than six weeks away from a constitutional referendum, Azerbaijan unleashes a new wave of repression.

Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines., Wikimedia

New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed

IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.

Bahrain must end reprisals and harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman

IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the and judicial harassment and reprisals against Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.

Compassionate release called for in case of Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman

Civil society groups have written an open letter urging medical discharge from prison for distinguished Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman .