Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship is a magazine founded by the British writer Stephen Spender in 1972 to monitor and promote freedom of speech. Initially, it focused on censorship in the former Soviet Union. In the UK, Index is supported by the Writers' and Scholars' Educational Trust. The American sponsor for Index is the Fund for Free Expression. The magazine has a circulation of around 5,000.

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Magazine - Stephen Spender - 1972 - Freedom of speech - Soviet Union - UK - Writers' and Scholars' Educational Trust - American - Fund for Free Expression

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Index on Censorship is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a global network of non-governmental organisations that monitors censorship worldwide and campaigns to defend journalists, writers, Internet users and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

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International Freedom of Expression Exchange - Network - Non-governmental organisations - Censorship

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It is also a member of the Tunisia Monitoring Group, a coalition of 14 free expression organisations that is lobbying the Tunisian government to improve its human rights record in the lead-up to the November 2005 World Summit on the Information Society.

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Tunisia Monitoring Group - Tunisia - World Summit on the Information Society

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