Anna Millward
@annamillward.bsky.social
Development Officer @indexoncensorship.org • #humanrights • secret medievalist and folklore nerd •
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The #Reform aping of #Trump, #MAGA and #DOGE has been laughably pathetic but it WILL do damage.
Don't let them try to pretend they care about #FreeSpeech. They are as censorious, thin-skinned and weak as the authoritarians they are LARPing.
This must be opposed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't let them try to pretend they care about #FreeSpeech. They are as censorious, thin-skinned and weak as the authoritarians they are LARPing.
This must be opposed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section
KCC says the move came after a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The #Reform aping of #Trump, #MAGA and #DOGE has been laughably pathetic but it WILL do damage.
Don't let them try to pretend they care about #FreeSpeech. They are as censorious, thin-skinned and weak as the authoritarians they are LARPing.
This must be opposed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't let them try to pretend they care about #FreeSpeech. They are as censorious, thin-skinned and weak as the authoritarians they are LARPing.
This must be opposed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Join @indexoncensorship.org & Some Great Rewards tomorrow on the southside of Glasgow to stand up for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, listen to his music and celebrate the courage of the Women, Life, Freedom movement www.somegreatreward.scot/news/were-st...
#Iran #Hiphop #humanrights #Glasgow
#Iran #Hiphop #humanrights #Glasgow
May 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Join @indexoncensorship.org & Some Great Rewards tomorrow on the southside of Glasgow to stand up for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, listen to his music and celebrate the courage of the Women, Life, Freedom movement www.somegreatreward.scot/news/were-st...
#Iran #Hiphop #humanrights #Glasgow
#Iran #Hiphop #humanrights #Glasgow
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What an incredible exhibition! A great way to visualise library censorship.
Thanks so much @alisonhicks0.bsky.social and @ioe.bsky.social for featuring my @indexoncensorship.org investigation.
Thanks so much @alisonhicks0.bsky.social and @ioe.bsky.social for featuring my @indexoncensorship.org investigation.
Thanks to @ioe.bsky.social library for covering worrying growth in censorship in school libraries in their most recent exhibition! Featuring my research as well as the fabulous work of @katiedd.bsky.social 🙌🏼
May 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What an incredible exhibition! A great way to visualise library censorship.
Thanks so much @alisonhicks0.bsky.social and @ioe.bsky.social for featuring my @indexoncensorship.org investigation.
Thanks so much @alisonhicks0.bsky.social and @ioe.bsky.social for featuring my @indexoncensorship.org investigation.
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Hungarian lawmakers are voting today on a constitutional amendment that would ban #Pride and legally recognise only two sexes, among other measures. We condemn this as a blatant violation of human rights in #Hungary:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings
The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hungarian lawmakers are voting today on a constitutional amendment that would ban #Pride and legally recognise only two sexes, among other measures. We condemn this as a blatant violation of human rights in #Hungary:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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📢 Stand with Belarusian political prisoners! Join us outside the Embassy of #Belarus on Tuesday 25 March, 1-2pm to demand freedom for those unjustly detained by Lukashenka’s regime. Join us and spread the word! www.indexoncensorship.org/events/stand...
March 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
📢 Stand with Belarusian political prisoners! Join us outside the Embassy of #Belarus on Tuesday 25 March, 1-2pm to demand freedom for those unjustly detained by Lukashenka’s regime. Join us and spread the word! www.indexoncensorship.org/events/stand...
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#Australia now leads the world in arresting climate and environmental protesters, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Amy Fallon writes for Index on how direct action is increasingly under threat: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/02/aust...
February 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Australia now leads the world in arresting climate and environmental protesters, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Amy Fallon writes for Index on how direct action is increasingly under threat: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/02/aust...
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Just a few weeks to go! Join us on 29 January as 4 world-class performers—Sola Akingbola, Rahima Mahmut, Hanna Komar, and Shohret Nur—take the stage in honour of fearless musicians around the world raising their voices against oppression. Register now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just a few weeks to go! Join us on 29 January as 4 world-class performers—Sola Akingbola, Rahima Mahmut, Hanna Komar, and Shohret Nur—take the stage in honour of fearless musicians around the world raising their voices against oppression. Register now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
"[T]he idea that tolerance can be fostered in the form of more laws to define permitted and unpermitted speech and expression is a fallacy. Tolerance is not improved by less tolerance, as all these examples painfully show."
An insightful read by @indexoncensorship.org @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social
An insightful read by @indexoncensorship.org @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social
"No one should feel unsafe practising their faith – nor should they feel unsafe for mocking it." Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social’s reflection in the @the-independent.com on the 10th anniversary of the #CharlieHebdo attack & its troubling UK parallels:
independent.co.uk/voices/charl...
independent.co.uk/voices/charl...
Charlie Hebdo is a reminder that blasphemy laws have no place in society
There is a difference between religious persecution and religious criticism, writes Jemimah Steinfeld. To conflate the two is not only dangerous, it also means we infantilise more moderate thinkers, i...
independent.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"[T]he idea that tolerance can be fostered in the form of more laws to define permitted and unpermitted speech and expression is a fallacy. Tolerance is not improved by less tolerance, as all these examples painfully show."
An insightful read by @indexoncensorship.org @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social
An insightful read by @indexoncensorship.org @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social
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Join us on Wed 29 Jan at The Jago in London to launch our latest mag, Unsung Heroes! With performances by award-winning percussionist Sola Akingbola and the Eegun Rhapsodies, Rahima Mahmut & Shohrat Nur and Hanna Komar. Register & get a free drink on the night: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
Unsung Heroes: An Evening of Music & Poetry
A night of powerful performances celebrating artists who defy censorship.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Join us on Wed 29 Jan at The Jago in London to launch our latest mag, Unsung Heroes! With performances by award-winning percussionist Sola Akingbola and the Eegun Rhapsodies, Rahima Mahmut & Shohrat Nur and Hanna Komar. Register & get a free drink on the night: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...
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With thanks to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for presenting the Index on Censorship award for Campaigning 2024! The 2024 winners are Diala Ayesh and Kuchu Times.
November 20, 2024 at 8:49 PM
With thanks to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for presenting the Index on Censorship award for Campaigning 2024! The 2024 winners are Diala Ayesh and Kuchu Times.
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We strongly condemn the sentencing of dozens of prodemocracy advocates today in Hong Kong.
We call for the immediate release of all those wrongly detained and prosecuted in Hong Kong. We continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong and China in their struggle for democracy.
We call for the immediate release of all those wrongly detained and prosecuted in Hong Kong. We continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong and China in their struggle for democracy.
Forty-five democrats received jail terms of up to 10 years on Tuesday in Hong Kong's largest national security case. They were arrested in January 2021 and charged the following month.
In full: https://buff.ly/40ULNuu
In full: https://buff.ly/40ULNuu
November 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
We strongly condemn the sentencing of dozens of prodemocracy advocates today in Hong Kong.
We call for the immediate release of all those wrongly detained and prosecuted in Hong Kong. We continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong and China in their struggle for democracy.
We call for the immediate release of all those wrongly detained and prosecuted in Hong Kong. We continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong and China in their struggle for democracy.
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Yesterday, imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah spent another birthday behind bars in #Egypt. It also marked his mother's 50th day on hunger strike, protesting his imprisonment. Index continues to call for his immediate release: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/brit...
November 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Yesterday, imprisoned British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah spent another birthday behind bars in #Egypt. It also marked his mother's 50th day on hunger strike, protesting his imprisonment. Index continues to call for his immediate release: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/brit...
Somewhat fittingly I am, under the full moon and last #supermoon of 2024, indulging in Sarah Clegg's @readingartefacts.bsky.social devilishly good "The Dead of Winter" (Granta) ahead of our chat next week at Cambridge Literary Festival....
November 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Somewhat fittingly I am, under the full moon and last #supermoon of 2024, indulging in Sarah Clegg's @readingartefacts.bsky.social devilishly good "The Dead of Winter" (Granta) ahead of our chat next week at Cambridge Literary Festival....
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This is a brilliant short read on why this haka is being heard around the world. As the child of two oppressed cultures I felt this raw emotion deep in my soul. There is no Irish or Caribbean equivalent.
I want you all to know that I valiantly ignored vacuuming to write this piece about yesterday's haka, haka in general, and why I think it resonates so far. #kikorangi
the-opinionist.ghost.io/tenei-te-tan...
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Tēnei te tangata
It's the haka heard around the world but why does it resonate so much with people outside of Aotearoa New Zealand?
the-opinionist.ghost.io
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 AM
This is a brilliant short read on why this haka is being heard around the world. As the child of two oppressed cultures I felt this raw emotion deep in my soul. There is no Irish or Caribbean equivalent.
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🟧 NEW TNR Watch: What’s in a Name?
Varied responses to #transnationalrepression skipped a critical step—no common definition was established in legislation.
Our November analysis explores this gap and how US policymakers should fill it: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
Varied responses to #transnationalrepression skipped a critical step—no common definition was established in legislation.
Our November analysis explores this gap and how US policymakers should fill it: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
🟧 NEW TNR Watch: What’s in a Name?
Varied responses to #transnationalrepression skipped a critical step—no common definition was established in legislation.
Our November analysis explores this gap and how US policymakers should fill it: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
Varied responses to #transnationalrepression skipped a critical step—no common definition was established in legislation.
Our November analysis explores this gap and how US policymakers should fill it: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...
Ok this is the type of content I'm here for 🧙🏽♀️🤓
A beautiful manuscript of the first chapter of LOTR handwritten by Tolkien.
November 14, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Ok this is the type of content I'm here for 🧙🏽♀️🤓
Out with the old, in with the new and all that. Hello Bluesky, byeeee X or Twitter or dystopian hellscape or whatever it is called these days
November 14, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Out with the old, in with the new and all that. Hello Bluesky, byeeee X or Twitter or dystopian hellscape or whatever it is called these days
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At the 2nd European Anti-SLAPP Conference, co-hosted by the Council of Europe, the CASE Coalition and @ecpmf.bsky.social, stakeholders discuss implementing legal standards to counter SLAPPs, fostering awareness, and supporting targets and victims
#antiSLAPPCon #freedomofexpression
> go.coe.int/2bnzQ
#antiSLAPPCon #freedomofexpression
> go.coe.int/2bnzQ
November 14, 2024 at 3:48 PM
At the 2nd European Anti-SLAPP Conference, co-hosted by the Council of Europe, the CASE Coalition and @ecpmf.bsky.social, stakeholders discuss implementing legal standards to counter SLAPPs, fostering awareness, and supporting targets and victims
#antiSLAPPCon #freedomofexpression
> go.coe.int/2bnzQ
#antiSLAPPCon #freedomofexpression
> go.coe.int/2bnzQ
This gives me chills. zan, zendegi, azadi 🇮🇷✊🏽
Index condemns reports that #Iran authorities are opening a “hijab removal treatment clinic” to impose “scientific and psychological treatment” on women who remove their hijabs. This "clinic" exemplifies the government's ongoing crackdown on women’s rights: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws
The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:32 PM
This gives me chills. zan, zendegi, azadi 🇮🇷✊🏽