LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
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On the brink
Freedom and democracy are on the ballot in the US presidential election
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The UK Government must defend its citizens around the world
As the new Prime Minister vows to protect press freedom and tackle impunity, we're reminded of th...
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Celebrating the music of Toomaj Salehi
This week marks two years since Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was arrested, and although his death...
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Press freedom and journalist safety in peril, rising polarisation and a climate of fear – findings of the press freedom mission to Georgia
After a fact-finding mission to Georgia on the state of free expression, a consortium of organisa...
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Film censorship risks emboldening those who threaten violence
Cinema screenings are fairly cancelled in the interests of public safety - but does this further ...
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Platform on Safety of Journalists demand reform in Ireland following anti-SLAPP conference
Partners of the Platform call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and be...
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Living in gangster times
Reporting on organised crime in the eastern state of Bihar is a deadly business
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Tainted scientists
Katie Dancey-Downs talks to the scientists who have been censored for questioning the effectivene...
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Journalists have a “right to life”
The rich and powerful are increasingly acting with impunity to silence, sometimes permanently, th...
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Georgian dream – or nightmare?
Ahead of a national election next week, Index CEO Jemimah Steinfeld visited Georgia's capital Tbi...
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Be nice, or you’re not coming in
The Indian government is revoking the status of its overseas citizens and denying visas for those...
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The show must go on
Ravish Kumar was one of the biggest independent voices of Indian channel NDTV before he dramatica...
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Ukraine: Index and partners mourn death and demand justice for Victoria Roshchyna
Organisations welcome the opening of an investigation into the death of the Ukrainian journalist ...
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Detained, blindfolded and threatened with death: a week in the hands of Ukraine’s Russian occupiers
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was on her way to Mariupol when she was taken hostage. Sh...
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All the news that’s fake to print
Index on Censorship's new editor rounds up the stories that have made headlines this week includi...
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Index pays tribute to Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna who has died in Russian detention
The war reporter wrote from the front line for several Ukrainian news outlets before she was capt...
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Al Jazeera’s closure sets a dangerous precedent for journalism, says union
The shutdown of the West Bank news centre has been labelled a security step by Israeli officials,...
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One year on from 7 October: free speech violations in Israel and Palestine
Amongst the horrendous loss of life and destruction, journalists and peace activists have been pe...
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Telling fact from fiction
Journalistic "black holes", such as in Gaza and Sudan, curtail people's ability to understand geo...
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Georgia: Press freedom and the safety of journalists in peril
Findings of a recent press freedom mission to Georgia by the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journa...
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Israel’s closure of Al Jazeera’s West Bank office is a blow to press freedom
This is just another example of Israel’s suppression of Palestinian journalists, which stops them...
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British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah denied freedom once again
The political prisoner remains behind bars after serving a five-year jail term, but his family wo...
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Is jail time for Just Stop Oil protesters justified?
When countries like the UK and the USA start punitively punishing peaceful but disruptive protest...
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The hypocrisy of how Western democracies respond to protest
Nations in the "Global North" continue to crack down on protests and freedom of expression, while...
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