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WEBSep 13, 2024 · The country’s human rights landscape has disintegrated since Erdogan took over in 2003. The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attacks on dissent. Censoring Roald Dahl is not the answer, just a problem. Rewording Dahl's classics sets a worrying precedent.
Index on Censorship Who We Are and What We Do
WEBIndex on Censorship is a nonprofit that campaigns for, reports on and defends free expression worldwide. We publish work by censored writers and artists, promote debate, and monitor threats to free speech. We believe that everyone should be free to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution – no matter what their views.
WEB4 Executive Summary • The Duty of Care is a flawed concept based on limited evidence, which would create a radically new framework for the proactive censorship of entirely legal content.
WEB1.1 This urgent Advice is provided to Paul, Andrew and Matthew Caruana Galizia, sons of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the investigative journalist, writer and anti-corruption activist. She was murdered on 16th October 2017, in a brutal assassination; she was killed by a car bomb close to her home in Bidnija, Malta.
Why is access to freedom of expression important?
WEBFull access to freedom of expression is difficult to achieve in the absence of universal education and literacy. Around the world, illiteracy and inadequate (or non-existent) education hits the poorest hardest – both because education is often private, and because in poor countries where it is provided by the state, the standard of education ...
Landmark report finds China using arts “to silence critics and drive ...
WEBA new report from Index on Censorship published today (Thursday, December 1st) has laid bare the shocking extent to which Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activity is driving a new era of artistic censorship across Europe.
Major new global free expression index sees UK ranking stumble …
WEBJan 25, 2023 · A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression published today (Wednesday, 25 January) by Index on Censorship sees the UK ranked as only “partially open” in every key area measured.. In the overall rankings, the UK fell below countries including Australia, Israel, Costa Rica, Chile, Jamaica and Japan.
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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 ...
Laos: Crony scheme in control of press and civil society
WEBMay 12, 2014 · The World Bank ranked Laos at 159 out of 189 nations for ease of doing business, up from 163 the previous year. Not all censorship is political. Authorities and the older generation worry about the cultural shifts brought about by rapid modernisation and integration with the wider world.
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