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Friday, 28 February 2020
** Help a censored artist
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Each year, Index on Censorship awards an arts fellowship to one person or one organisation who is doing amazing work against the odds, pushing back against censorship in their own country.
This is where we need your help. This year Index is looking for 50 people who want to fight back against the increasing attempt to censor art around the world. Please donate just ÂŁ10 ([link removed]) to help create a scholarship fund for our 2020 Index Arts Fellow.
This scholarship fund will mean we can deliver workshops and training across a range of disciplines, from media training to digital security, for this year’s art fellow. It will help the artist raise their profile, extend their skills and bring attention to what they do.
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** Index announces one-year project looking at how libel stops investigative journalism
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Justice by jessica45/Pixabay
Alongside academic, digital, and artistic freedoms, media freedom is one of Index on Censorship’s primary areas of focus. This research project seeks to identify the scale and nature of the phenomenon of vexatious legal threats/actions against journalists in Europe.
Vexatious actions, which may include letters threatening libel and defamation, come from private parties (often corporations or wealthy individuals) with the intent to silence journalists and media outlets and prevent them from investigating or publishing their work.
In order to conduct this research, we are asking journalists and media outlets who might be able to provide insight into how common this phenomenon is to fill out our survey ([link removed]) by 31 March 2020.
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** Journalism awards shortlist unveiled
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Journalists are at the frontline of protecting freedom of speech around the world and we recognise these annually in Index on Censorship’s 2020 Freedom of Expression Awards ([link removed]) .
Four individuals and media outlets have been shortlisted in the journalism category in the awards, which will be presented at The May Fair Hotel in London on 30 April. Journalism is one of the four categories that will be recognised at the awards, alongside campaigning, digital activism and the arts ([link removed]) .
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** Index publishes new law packs
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Index on Censorship has produced a series of guides ([link removed]) on the laws related to freedom of expression in England and Wales. They are intended to help understand the protections that exist for free speech and where the law currently permits restrictions.
These new guides cover hate speech and non-discrimination ([link removed]) , child protection ([link removed]) , obscene publications ([link removed]) , public order ([link removed]) and counter terrorism ([link removed]) .
Index on Censorship defends people's freedom to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution. We publish censored writers and artists, monitor and campaign against censorship, and encourage debate.
We rely on donations from readers and supporters. By donating ([link removed]) to Index you help us to protect freedom of expression and to support those who are denied that right.
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