Index on Censorship
Non-profit
| Index on Censorship link Sourcewatch Twitter Website | |
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| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Staff | 12 |
| Membership | Ruth Smeeth,Trevor Phillips,David Aaronovitch,Anthony Barling,Kiri Kankhwende,Kate Maltby,Sanjay Nazerali,Elaine Potter,David Schlesinger,Mark Stephens,Jodie Ginsberg,Rachael Jolley,Matt Townsend,David Sewell,Sean Gallagher,Joy Hyvarinen,David Astor,Edward Crankshaw |
With roots in the Cold War, Index on Censorship is a campaigning publishing organisation for freedom of expression, which produces a quarterly magazine of the same name from London.
Leadership
Per 2020, the Chief Executive of Index on Censorship is Ruth Smeeth [1], who formerly ran an Israeli-led campaign against Jeremy Corbyn and is a confidential informer for the US embassy. In the period 2014-2020, the Chief Executive was Jodie Ginsberg.[2]
It is directed by the non-profit-making Writers and Scholars International (WSI) in association with the UK-registered charity Index on Censorship (founded as the Writers and Scholars Educational Trust), which are both chaired by the British writer and author David Aaronovitch. WSI was created by poet Stephen Spender, Oxford philosopher Stuart Hampshire, the then editor of The Observer David Astor, writer and Soviet Union expert Edward Crankshaw.[3]
The founding editor of Index on Censorship was the critic and translator Michael Scammell (1972–81), who still serves as a patron of the organisation.[4]
In a classic Cold War tactic, the focus areas align with the UK government. For example, during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, WSI has focused on "the silencing of medics in China who sought to inform the world about the effects of Covid-19,[5]" or problems for people and media who are for more lockdown[6], but barely covers the hard clampdown on dissenting opinions against the lockdown in the UK and friendly countries.
In true cut-out fashion, it states it is "regularly quoted by the BBC, the Guardian, the Times and the Daily Telegraph[7]
Funding
WSI is funded from a variety of establishment government cut-outs and corporate foundations, including the National Endowment for Democracy,Fritt Ord, Charles Koch Foundation, Google, Facebook,Open Democracy,Open Society Foundations, Vice News and the European Commission[8].
References
- ↑ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2020/06/index-on-censorship-announces-ruth-smeeth-as-new-chief-executive/
- ↑ "Former journalist to head Index on Censorship", The Guardian, 5 February 2014
- ↑ Scammell, Michael (1984). "How Index on Censorship Started" in They Shoot Writers, Don't They?, Theiner, George; London: Faber & Faber, pp. 19–28. ISBN 978-0-571-13260-7.
- ↑ "#IndexAwards2018: Index announces Freedom of Expression Awards winners"
- ↑ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2020/06/index-on-censorship-announces-ruth-smeeth-as-new-chief-executive/
- ↑ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/disease-control//
- ↑ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Index_Annual_Review_2019_v04_low.pdf
- ↑ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/financial-information/
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