The arrest of more than 50 people involved in last year’s pro-democracy primaries means no-one in Hong Kong is safe, write Mark Frary and Benjamin Lynch
Two countries, one system: why we must drop the pretence
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Index on Censorship
A win for Assange, but not for free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the USA to stand trial for charges of espionage came as welcome relief to Assange’s family and supporters. However, he remains detained...
The declining state of freedoms in Poland and Slovenia
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="115932" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]As part of the launch of the new Index on Censorship magazine, which looks at the underreported stories of the last...
Index urges UN Secretary-General to demand member states respect human rights following Ruhollah Zam execution
Following the execution on Saturday in Iran of Ruhollah Zam, an activist and journalist who had been accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent, Index call on the UN Secretary-General to demand members respect the UN Declaration on Human Rights
UK online harms proposals could gravely impact free speech
Index has significant concerns about the UK government’s proposals for online harms and their unintended consequences on free speech
Contents – Masked by Covid: The underreported stories of 2020 that must be heard
A look at what’s inside our Winter 2020 issue, which looks at the stories that should have received more attention were it not for Covid
Masked by Covid
Volume 49.03 Autumn 2020
Slapp lawsuit against Swedish magazine Realtid filed in London
Index and other press freedom organisations call for an end to litigation designed to silence valuable and necessary investigative journalism
Let them know they are not forgotten
Join us in sending messages of support to six human rights activists and journalists around the world who are #JailedNotForgotten
Index launches report looking at the real-world effects of Slapps on journalists
As 60 organisations come together to ask the EU to develop legislation to stop vexatious lawsuits, we publish journalists’ accounts of being slapped with legal action
Slapped down: A report
Six journalists speak about the legal efforts to silence them over their reporting
Index launches interactive tool for journalists facing legal threats
The launch is part of the #StopSlapps campaign against the use of lawsuits to silence the media