Swedish business publication and its journalists still face SLAPP cases over articles about Eco Energy World and its founder
Index on Censorship and Reporters Without Borders welcome High Court’s decision in Realtid case
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Index on Censorship
Online Safety Bill will “significantly curtail freedom of expression”
Gavin Millar QC has produced the first analysis of the implications of the Bill for the British media and journalism, the courts and the UK’s digital economy
Index condemns lawsuit against Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins
21 organisations say lawsuit issued by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a SLAPP
Switching from cute animals to war: A Ukrainian children’s author speaks out
Kateryna Yegorushkina is a Ukrainian children’s writer and publisher from a town close to Kyiv. Here, in our second video on the state of free expression in Ukraine, Kateryna speaks of her own situation as a writer and mother. She also draws...
Beijing’s fearless foe with God on his side
Jimmy Lai Chi-Ying, Hong Kong’s 74-year-old self-made billionaire, is a dissident. His cause is freedom. For championing this cause, he has been jailed since December 2020. One of the crimes he was found guilty of was lighting a candle in public to...
Contents – Index at 50: The battles won, lost and currently raging
The spring issue of Index magazine is special. We are celebrating 50 years of history and to such a milestone we've decided to look back at the thorny path that brought us here. Editors from our five decades of life have accepted our invitation to...
Index at 50: The battles won, lost and currently raging
Volume 51.01 Spring 2022
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Index is once again partnering with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. It takes place from 17-25 March and screenings will be both digital and in-person - at the Barbican in London. In partnership with the festival, we are partnering on the...
Index condemns the threats to the lives and safety of journalists in Ukraine
Council of Europe Platform partners call for protection of Ukrainian and international reporters following Russia’s invasion
Statement of support for Ukraine
More than 130 human rights and journalism organisations issue statement in condemnation of invasion and attacks on the press
Fifteen organisations condemn lawsuit against Forensic News, deeming it a SLAPP
Index on Censorship is watching closely the concerning situation faced by Scott Stedman and his media company based in the United States
400 days of injustice for Andrei Aliaksandrau
Our friend and former colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau remains behind bars in Belarus