Articles by Index on Censorship
Long line of unresolved attacks scars Serbian journalism
Since May 2014 alone, Index’s European Union-funded Mapping Media Freedom has received 48 reports of violations against Serbian media including attacks to property and intimidation and physical violence.
Pro-government Egyptian media fuels prejudice against gay men already living in “constant fear”
In recent months, 150 suspected homosexuals have been arrested and detained, while reporting by pro-government media has further fuelled prejudice against gay people.
Editors-in-chief of three state-owned newspapers sign “pledge of allegiance” to Egyptian government
Seventeen editors-in-chief of newspapers have pledged to refrain from criticizing the police, the military and the judiciary at this sensitive time when Egypt was “at war with terrorism.”
Under cyber attack: An interview with Lobsang Sangay, Tibet’s exiled political leader
Tibet’s leader-in-exile discusses his Buddhist approach to digital security, and why he still holds hope for the future of the internet.
Video: No more business as usual for Azerbaijan
Index on Censorship joins the Civic Solidarity Platform’s call to the Council of Europe to put real pressure on Azerbaijan to release the human rights defenders and political activists who have been imprisoned on unfounded charges.
Courageous journalism should not come with a price
Journalism, the exercise of free expression, is a basic right both for practitioners and for the readers, viewers and listeners who benefit from it. They should be able to practice this right without fear of persecution. If they are to suffer, their oppressors must face justice.
Serbian prime minister grilled on press freedom at London event
That press freedom was a popular topic on the night did not comes as a surprise. Serbia has seen a string of censorship incidents during Vucic’s time in power, as Index and many others have reported.
Azerbaijani journalist sentenced to 25 days in detention, just one day after arrest for “hooliganism”
On 30 October a Baku court sentenced opposition journalist Khalid Garayev to 25 days in detention on trumped-up charges of hooliganism and disobeying the police.