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Friday, 19 March 2021
** Sarah Everard: Violence against women and girls begins and ends with censorship
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Domestic abuse, sexual violence and all forms of exploitation rely on silence and censorship above any other weapon.
Without curtailing the freedom of a woman’s speech, you cannot curtail her physical and sexual freedoms. Every perpetrator knows that you must convince a victim that if she speaks things will get worse, writes MP Jess Phillips ([link removed]) .
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** We defend the right to protest, even
in a pandemic
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Photo: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona
Demonstrations by design are meant to disrupt normal activity. They are meant to annoy and irritate the establishment – because they are designed to challenge the status quo, or highlight an injustice. Rarely do people organise a protest because they are happy with the actions of their Government, writes our CEO Ruth Smeeth ([link removed]) .
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** CASE to hold Slapps website launch
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On 26 March at 10.30 GMT/1130 CET, the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE), of which Index is a member, is holding a panel event to discuss the threat of strategic lawsuits against public participation (Slapps), abusive lawsuits designed to silence critical speech, and to launch its new website.
Speaking at the event will be Věra Jourová, vice president of the European Commission for values and transparency, former MEP Ana Gomes, Andrew Caruana Galizia of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, whistleblower Jonathan Taylor and LGBT+ activists from The Atlas of Hate team. RSVP to join this virtual event ([link removed]) by 24 March.
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.
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