Index on Censorship calls on the international community to put pressure on Azerbaijan to respect freedom of expression.
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Can some countries prevent the media from full access based on it being a risk to security? Can conflict be a genuine excuse for censorship and the restriction of free expression?
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This article draws attention to the real increase of sexist online abuse in India via social media channels like Twitter. Female activists who have “tweeted” political messages are consistently targeted for their outspokenness and are met with serious threats that transcend the digital realm. The article was originally published on April 1, 2014 by the Index on Censorship.
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Internet rights advocates in Italy celebrate the postponement of a gag law that would allow the Berlusconi government to actively censor the media and penalize journalists and publishers with fines and prison sentence.
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Maikel Nabil Sanad is entering his 42nd day of hunger strike in protest against a three-year sentence imposed by a military court for criticizing the army.
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Journalist Natalia Radzina explains why she fled Belarus seeking political asylum. Sampsonia Way presents the translation of her text, originally published by Index on Censorship.
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Syrian government has detained Omar al-Assad, a local journalist who contributes to pan-Arab news outlets, and expelled Maarten Zeegers, a reporter for NRC Handelsblad and De Standaard.
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