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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. Instead of censoring his works we should invest in …
The 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards - Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards celebrate those who have had significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world. There are four categories: Arts, Campaigning, Journalism and the Trustee award. Winners are honoured at a gala celebration in London and receive financial support. The 24th annual Freedom of Expression ...
Judy Blume on being banned - Index on Censorship
My book Blubber was banned in Montgomery County, Maryland, for ‘lack of moral tone’ and, more recently, challenged in Canton, Ohio, for allowing evil behaviour to go unpunished. But in New Zealand it is used in teacher-training classes to help explain classroom dynamics. Censors do not want children exposed to ideas different from their own.
Why is access to freedom of expression important?
Full 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 ...
Telling fact from fiction: how war reporting is being suppressed
According to investigations by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), as of 4 October 2024, at least 127 journalists and media workers are among the more than 42,000 Palestinians and 1,200 Israelis killed since the war began, making it the deadliest period for journalists since the organisation started gathering data in 1992.
50 years of Index - Index on Censorship
Our 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 …
Why is free speech important? - Index on Censorship
Index spoke to many different experts, professors and campaigners to find out why free speech is important to them. Index on Censorship magazine editor, Rachael Jolley, believes that free speech is crucial for change. “Free speech has always been important throughout history because it has been used to fight for change.
On the brink - Index on Censorship
Nov 4, 2024 · The arcane system of the electoral college is vulnerable to this manipulation in ways we never have seen before Trump’s emergence on the world stage. To challenge this, the Harris campaign has added an army of lawyers. Their immediate focus is to challenge the right to vote in key states where the Trump campaign is litigating against it.
Why Project 2025 is a threat to a free media - Index on Censorship
Reframing the US government’s relationship with the media and placing free speech and democracy in the firing line is at the heart of Project 2025, the 922-page policy plan supported by over 400 conservatives and led by the Heritage Foundation thinktank.. Contributed to by more than 100 of Donald Trump’s former administration officials, the document lays out a comprehensive vision for the ...
“Censure me in your wisdom”: Bowdlerized ... - Index on Censorship
Jun 2, 2016 · The history of bowdlerized Shakespeare goes back to the nineteenth century. To bowdlerize a classic means to expurgate or abridge the narrative by omitting or modifying sections that are considered vulgar. In fact, the term “bowdlerized” comes from Henrietta “Harriet” Bowdler who edited the popular, “family-friendly” anthology The ...