Index on Censorship
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Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization and magazine dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of expression worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Index on Censorship canonical | 1 |
| Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards | 1 |
| Index on Censorship magazine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6807353 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Index on Censorship Context triple: [Sarah Sands, boardMemberOf, Index on Censorship]
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A.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and the rights of journalists worldwide.
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B.
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the rights and safety of journalists.
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C.
World Press Freedom Index
The World Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking that evaluates and compares the level of media freedom in countries and territories around the world.
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D.
PEN International
PEN International is a worldwide association of writers that promotes literature, defends freedom of expression, and supports persecuted authors across the globe.
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E.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses worldwide, advocating for justice and policy change.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Index on Censorship Target entity description: Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization and magazine dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of expression worldwide.
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A.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is an international non-governmental organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and the rights of journalists worldwide.
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B.
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the rights and safety of journalists.
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C.
World Press Freedom Index
The World Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking that evaluates and compares the level of media freedom in countries and territories around the world.
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D.
PEN International
PEN International is a worldwide association of writers that promotes literature, defends freedom of expression, and supports persecuted authors across the globe.
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E.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses worldwide, advocating for justice and policy change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free expression advocacy group
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magazine ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
access to information
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free press ⓘ protection of dissidents ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
artistic freedom
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freedom of expression ⓘ human rights ⓘ journalism ⓘ media freedom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
censorship
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digital rights ⓘ laws restricting free speech ⓘ media regulation ⓘ self-censorship ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
David Astor
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Michael Scammell ⓘ Stephen Spender ⓘ Stuart Hampshire ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards
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linked to:
Index on Censorship
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| hasPart |
Index on Censorship magazine
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linked to:
Index on Censorship
Index on Censorship website ⓘ advocacy programmes ⓘ campaigns ⓘ events ⓘ research reports ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mission |
defend freedom of expression worldwide
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promote freedom of expression worldwide ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| operatesIn | global ⓘ |
| organizes |
campaign events
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panel discussions ⓘ public debates ⓘ |
| publishes |
articles
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case studies ⓘ country reports ⓘ essays ⓘ interviews ⓘ |
| supports |
artists
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human rights defenders ⓘ journalists ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.indexoncensorship.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Index on Censorship Description of subject: Index on Censorship is a nonprofit organization and magazine dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of expression worldwide.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Index on Censorship
linked to: Index on Censorship