Articles by Index on Censorship
How a neo-Nazi exposé almost landed a journalist in jail
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Mitra Nazar speaks to journalist Anuska Delic about the article that almost landed her in prison for three years.
UN counter-extremism initiatives must not infringe on free expression rights
Civil society groups express concern over the potential for overbroad anti-extremism practices to limit free expression
Turkey must allow supporters to meet with imprisoned journalists
International free expression groups condemn the government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who are behind bars for reports claiming that Turkey’s intelligence agency secretly armed Islamist rebel groups in Syria.
International rights groups condemn attack on Afghan media community
IFEX joins in global solidarity with the victims of the Tolo TV attack and all Afghan journalists and media workers
Bahrain must end harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman
IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the judicial harassment of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, and to allow human rights defenders to exercise their right to freedom of expression.
Cuban artists still condemned to silence
While the end of the embargo brought with it hope for political liberalisation on the island, as with previous periods of promise in Cuban history cases of repression and censorship of dissident artists were rife in 2015.
Mapping Media Freedom: 2015 was “tumultuous” for media workers in Europe
From the attacks on Charlie Hebdo to refugee crisis-related aggression, Index’s Mapping Media Freedom correspondents discuss the violations that stood out most.
On the anniversary of Charlie Hebdo, dissenting voices must be protected
Civil society groups mark the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack by calling on governments worldwide to fulfill their obligation to protect freedom of expression.