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Benjamin Lynch
Benjamin Lynch is the editorial assistant at Index on Censorship
“You’ll Never Walk Alone”: The words that comfort Andrei Aliaksandrau
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Few things can better describe the spirit of Liverpool fans better than the words etched in gold above the Shankly gates. When Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein sat down to write the musical Carousel and its...
Slovenia no longer a safe haven for the free press
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As Slovenia takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union, some are questioning the country's commitment to one of the bloc's key principles, that of the freedom of the press. A new report by...
The free speech Euros: Group E
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
The free speech Euros: Group D
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
The free speech Euros: Group B
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
The free speech Euros: Group C
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
The free speech Euros: Group A
As Europe’s eyes turn to the football, Index’s look at free speech in the competing nations
Burkina Faso’s media freedom under attack
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burkina Faso is supposedly one of Africa’s gems when it comes to press freedom. In a continent full of countries with extremely poor records on how they treat the media, the Western African state has,...
Why journalists and dissidents turn to Telegram
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As you scroll through your Telegram feed, one image jumps out. It shows crowds of young Hong Kongers, all dressed in black, at a protest, holding their smartphones aloft like virtual cigarette lighters from a...
UK football social media blackout raises free speech issues
Some clubs, players and the Professional Footballers’ Association are in support of social media regulation
Ten years on: Celebrating the legacy of Tim Hetherington
Photojournalist’s legacy lives on in the Index on Censorship fellowship in his name