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Jan 14, 2025 · Index on Censorship is the voice of free expression. We publish censored writers and artists, promote debate, monitor threats to freedom of speech.
Contents – Unsung heroes: How musicians are raising their voices ...
Contents. Music has been described as a “cultural universal” – a practice found in all known human cultures and societies. While anthropologists still scratch their heads over exactly where the concept originated, evidence indicates that humans have used musical instruments for an astonishing 40,000 years.
Awards 2024 campaigning winner Kuchu Times - Index on …
Today, Index on Censorship announces Palestinian lawyer and prison advocate, Kuchu Times as one of two winners of the 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards in the Campaigning category. The Campaigning category honours activists and campaigners who have had a marked impact in fighting censorship and promoting freedom of expression.
Venezuela: a blueprint for tackling a rigged election
Martin Bright has over 30 years of experience as a journalist, working for the Observer, the Guardian and the New Statesman among others. He has worked on several high-profile freedom of expression cases often involving government secrecy.
Why critics like Jay Rayner have a role in battling self-censorship
Rambunctious, witty and passionate. You are lucky to get one of these qualities in a critic. It elevates their writing away from potentially mean to engaging and joy.
Rap is not a crime, yet my cousin remains behind bars in Iran
Rap is not a crime. Calling for human rights and democracy is not a crime. Standing up in solidarity with the courageous women who took to the streets to protest their rights is not a crime.
The dangers of boycotting Russian science - Index on Censorship
Mikhail Viktorovich Feigelman started working at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Moscow in 1980. Eleven years later, when the Soviet Union collapsed, funding and decent modern equipment were rare for Russian scientists but there was suddenly intellectual freedom.
Ukraine | A chronicle of censorship - Index on Censorship
The Babyn Yar massacre is one of the bloodiest atrocities in Ukraine’s dark history. In late September 1941, 33,771 Jewish residents of Kyiv were herded by the Nazis into a ravine (“Babi Yar” in Russian, “Babyn Yar” in Ukrainian) on the outskirts of the city.
Celebrating the music of Toomaj Salehi - Index on Censorship
For many of us, specifically those who have experienced prison, Toomaj Salehi is the symbol of resistance against an autocratic regime’s oppression, and whose honest and unapologetic voice cuts through the sheer reality of a society suffering from repression and corruption.. To us, condemning Salehi to death for his songs and lyrics is the …
Press freedom and journalist safety in peril, rising polarisation and …
In the lead up to the Georgian national elections on 26 October, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and nine partner organisations in the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists published the following report and recommendations to ensure the safety of journalists and the right to reliable information.Read the report below, or here.