Jodie Ginsberg

@jodieginsberg

Chief Executive, Index on Censorship. Free speech. In principle, in practice, in person. And mainly in heels.

Cambridge, UK
Joined October 2009

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    21 hours ago

    Tickets available here for our media club event on 10th Jan. Come and see Rebecca Vincent, from Reporters Without Borders, talk about press freedom. .

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  2. 21 hours ago

    “Stop asking Netflix to do what your governments have failed to do”: great piece from on the story.

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  3. 24 hours ago

    We're talking taboos around birth, marriage & death with and best-selling author Xinran launch next Thursday 10th Jan. Join us!

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  4. 24 hours ago

    Ha! I told no one would want to spend a dark and windswept January evening discussing periods at our launch (this coming Thursday...). But she and are right about this and I was wrong.

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    Jan 4

    Amidst rising media censorship in , journalist Mubashir Zaidi was warned by that his tweet questioning any viable probe into recent high-profile deaths violated Pakistani law via

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    "The oppressive history and practice of blasphemy laws cannot be washed away by insisting that the protection of religious feelings pursues the interest of tolerance and religious peace." Excellent article from

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    Jan 4

    Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy has spent more than 300 days behind bars for his poetry, yet he continues to write from prison. Read his latest poem here:

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    Hungary: Reporter teargassed during live broadcast from anti-government protest (13 Dec 2018)

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    Jan 2

    Croatia: Members of media regulatory body receive death threats (21 Dec 2018)

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    Jan 3

    As we start the new year, will be serving his unlawful sentence in for tweeting. A country where freedom of expression is a crime should not be empowered with training funded by the UK.

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    Egypt: Activist Amal Fathy's husband urges Sisi to grant pardon via

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    Jan 3

    Did you know that 7,000 Turks were taken into custody for social media posts in 2018? Learn more & read 's compilation of attacks on in Europe & Centr Asia in Dec '18. Read the summary here:

    Image courtesy of Bruno Thevenin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image
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    Jan 2

    In solidarity with , and to honor the memory of Jamal , everyone should watch and share Hasan’s brilliant Saudi Arabia episode, which the Saudi government banned. It is still online on YouTube:

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    Jan 2
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    Jan 2

    Clearly, the best way to stop people from watching something is to ban it, make it trend online, and then leave it up on YouTube. Let’s not forget that the world’s largest humanitarian crisis is happening in Yemen right now. Please donate:

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    Jan 3

    Check out the latest video on from : Afghan musician Hamid Sakhizada was forced to leave his country to play his own traditional music. He talks to Sami artist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen about , tradition & the cost of fighting for cultural heritage.

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    Jan 3

    Sparked by the excellent piece by on street art in in the new we offer this student reading list on art as protest. Spring term reading list?

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    Jan 1

    The DRC has become the latest country to cut its people off from the internet, as it awaits the results of a highly-contested election. This latest example of Chinese-style internet censorship is becoming more common around the world.

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  20. Jan 2

    Companies like need to do so much better and wise up to the way countries increasingly using laws notionally meant to deal with cyber crime or terrorism to stifle freedom of expression.

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