Index on Censorship - Support Centres

Index on Censorship (Index) is an international NGO based in London and operating all over Europe.

The Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship celebrates individuals or groups who have had a significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world. Index awards fellowships in four categories (Arts, Campaigning, Digital activism, Journalism) and works with the winners to provide longer-term assistance to help fellows maximise their impact and broaden their networks. More details here.

Europe’s journalists subjected to increasing levels of harassment Friday 22 January 2016 - Infographic

  This infographics offers a visual representation of the outcomes of the monitoring activity conducted by Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project. Turkey, Italy and Hungary appear ... Index on Censorship provides an overview of the violations of media freedom recorded through the project Mapping Media Freedom. Between 1 May and 30 September 2015, 285 violations of media freedom

The Italian Paradox - HTML5 video

The Italian paradox: a country where the press is free but hundreds of journalists are under attack with threats, intimidation and special lawsuit

Media in Turkey in Last Three Months of 2015: You name the title - BìA October-December 2015 media observation report - Reports

The title of Bianet report for the period October-December 2015 provocatively invites the readers to name the title for this issue: indeed, it could be not much different from previous ones appeared in the last 5 years, as the situation is constantly worsening

Discourse in danger. Attacks on free expression in Putin's Russia - Reports

The report “Discourse in danger. Attacks on free expression in Putin's Russia” illustrates the increasing effort by the Russian government to shape the information space, from the Internet, to children’s literature, to any independent cultural spaces, including theater and academia

A Toolkit: ‘Hate Speech’ Explained - Manuals

In this toolkit, ARTICLE 19 provides a guide to identify ’hate speech‘ and how to effectively counter it, while protecting the rights to freedom of expression and equality

Filtering, blocking and take-down of illegal content on the Internet - Reports

A comparative study on filtering, blocking and take-down of illegal content on the Internet in the Council of Europe member states

Border news - Third annual report about media coverage of migrations - Reports

The refugee crisis in 2015 posed a significant challenge to European politics and to media reporting on this topic. Cartadiroma.org assesses how media covered the refugee crisis in Italy

Bad Practices, Bad Faith: Soft Censorship in Macedonia - Reports

The practice of soft censorship is undermining the media industry across Macedonia through financial incentives and partisan influence

Empowering investigative journalism through the right of access to information - HTML5 video

Why is the right of access to information important for journalism? Valuable arguments in this short video by Access Info Europe