Index on Censorship

As coronavirus spreads across Europe so too do issues surrounding the transparency and accuracy of information on it. This is deeply troubling given the importance of reliable information about the pandemic.

China is not just trying to contain the coronavirus; it is trying to contain information about the coronavirus.

On 17 September 2019, Bahrain’s court will hear a request to overturn previous decisions to uphold the sentence against Nabeel Rajab, in prison for exercising his right to express himself. NGOs around the world call on Bahrain’s Minister of International Affairs to support this request.

The government’s white paper failed to accurately define “harmful” content, which risks sweeping up legal speech, including political expression, expressions of religious views and expressions of sexuality and gender.

A new law has the potential to pose a severe threat to the anonymity of people in the UK.

Index on Censorship urges that proposed legislation that would restrict artistic freedom be discarded.

7 IFEX members are among 17 organisations urging Formula One to uphold its commitment to human rights by calling on Bahraini authorities to free Najah Yusuf, an activist imprisoned for expressing her opposition to F1 races being held in Bahrain.

Kidnapped in Georgia in 2017 and transported back to Azerbaijan, Mukhtarli was convicted on dubious charges and sentenced to six years in prison.