The Global Voice of Free Expression
WEBIndex on Censorship campaigns for and defends free expression, promotes debate, and monitors threats to free speech worldwide. FIND OUT MORE HERE. 9. Index relies entirely on the support of donors and readers to do its work. Help …
BANNED BY BEIJING - Index on Censorship
WEBSince 2010 the CCP has intensified its use of forced assimilation methods against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. This includes oppressive policies such as the arbitrary detention of one million Uyghurs in mass internment camps, torture, sexual assault, sterilisation, and forced labour. But the Chinese government’s repression extends well beyond its ...
WEBSep 23, 2013 · s over freedom of expression online.India is the world’s largest democracy and protects free speech in its laws and constitution.1 Yet, freedom of expression in the online sphere is increasingly being restricted in India for a number of reasons– including defamation, the maintenance of national security and communal harmony, which are ...
Law Commission must safeguard freedom of expression
WEBIndex on Censorship urges the Law Commission to safeguard freedom of expression as it moves towards the second phase of its review of abusive and offensive online communications. The Law Commission published a report on the first phase of its review of criminal law in this area on 1 November 2018. While Index welcomes the …
Cameroon must immediately release rapper Valsero
WEBGaston Serval Abe aka General Valsero (Photo: Facebook user General Valsero) Index on Censorship calls on Cameroon to immediately release rapper and pro-democracy activist Gaston Serval Abe, known as General Valsero. He was detained near the site of a protest — he wasn’t participating in — in the capital Yaoundé in January and faces ...
Mimi Mefo: The voiceless in my country need me and I have to …
WEBWinner of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Journalism Award, the Berlin-based Cameroonian journalist Mimi Mefo was one of less than a handful of reporters working without fear or favour in Cameroon’s climate of repression and self-censorship.An award-winning broadcast journalist at private media house Equinoxe TV and Radio, Mefo was arrested in November 2018 after she ...
Free speech & the law: Public Order - Index on Censorship
WEBJan 20, 2020 · The police also retain a common law power to arrest an individual for “breach of the peace”. The Public Order Act also includes special provision on offences intended to stir up religious and racial hatred and hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation. Please see our separate guidelines: “UK laws relating to ‘hate speech’” for ...
Religion and free speech: it’s complicated - Index on Censorship
WEBIn the 1990s, Indian artist and Index award winner MF Husain was the subject of a violent intimidation campaign after painting Hindu gods and goddesses naked. He received death threats and had his work vandalised. Hundreds of complaints were brought against the artist, leading to his prosecution under sections 295 and 153A of India’s Penal Code, which outlaw insulting religions, as well as ...
50 years of Index - Index on Censorship
WEBOur magazine, Index on Censorship, was to be the charity’s main output, providing a platform for dissidents to tell their stories, for our correspondents to shine a spotlight on repressive regimes and to establish a global vehicle, campaigning for the right to free expression for writers, scholars and artists.
Interpol must clarify its involvement in the arrest warrant issued ...
WEB[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Clare Rewcastle Brown fears she will be arrested when she arrives in Spain later this week; Charities have written to INTERPOL today seeking clarification over whether a Red Notice has been issued for her arrest
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