Turkish crackdown on Kurdish journalists

22 Dec 2011
As over 40 people, many of them journalists, are detained on terrorism charges across Turkey, Kaya Genç examines the latest attempt to silence the Kurdish press In the latest wave of arrests of those the state claims are linked to the separatist... more

Mark Changizi – “Cultural selection as the new blind watchmaker” at “I don’t know where I’m going but I want to be there”

21 Dec 2011
In his presentation at MOTI’s “I don’t know where I’m going but I want to be there” theoretical neurobiologist Mark Changizi elaborated on the research method he applies to investigate the field of why it is that the ... more

Paola Antonelli – “Talk to Me” at “I don’t know where I’m going but I want to be there”

21 Dec 2011
Last Saturday was the third edition of the symposium ‘I don’t know where I’m going but I want to be there’ initiated by MOTI. The topic of this year symposium was about visual culture and how these effect us. A wide range of artists, journalists a... more

“My brother is dying in silence”

20 Dec 2011
One year on from the crackdown on the opposition in Belarus, Irina Bogdanova, sister of political prisoner Andrei Sannikov, calls for international action against Europe’s last dictatorship This article was first published in The Times, 20... more

Goodbye Havel

19 Dec 2011
As the Czech Republic and the wider world bids Václav Havel goodbye, Pavel Theiner, whose father George worked tirelessly to shine a light on the work of Czech dissidents throughout his editorship at Index on Censorship, looks back on a remarkab... more

Symposium “I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I Want To Be There”

19 Dec 2011
A thunderous introduction by Film + Design called ‘Modern Worship’ shows a time-lapse video image of a dancing King of Pop impersonator in full glitterati, refracting the stage-lights in a multitude of sparkles and starbursts, while slo-mo moonwal... more

An artists’ manifesto for Belarus

19 Dec 2011
In one of his last public acts, dissident, playwright and president Václav Havel signed this statement calling for free speech in Belarus, along with Ai Weiwei, Sir Tom Stoppard and many more One year ago in the presidential election in Belarus,... more

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