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Martin Bright
Martin Bright
Martin Bright has over 30 years of experience as a journalist, working for the Observer, the Guardian and the New Statesman among others. He has worked on several high-profile freedom of expression cases often involving government secrecy. He broke the story of Iraq War whistleblower Katharine Gun, which was made into the movie Official Secrets (2019) starring Keira Knightley.
Apple’s Chinese and Russian takedowns come under scrutiny
A new report by GreatFire and whistleblower Ashley Gjovik reveals the tech giant complies with far more requests from the two governments than elsewhere
Dissidents, spies and the lies that came in from the cold
Index on Censorship started at the front line of an ideological war
Call for an end to beatings and abductions of journalists and protesters in Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties in Kyiv, condemns the actions of Russian troops
How an independent broadcaster in Ukraine is defying the invasion
The TV and YouTube channel hromadske has been forced to abandon its studios but keeps the news flowing
They “have come to rob you of your name and language”
A selection of five pieces on Ukraine from 1972 to 2014 that help shed light on the present conflict and celebrate the country’s rich cultural history and tradition of resistance, from Index’s astonishing archive
Why Russian protests against invasion of Ukraine are so vital
Dissent against the action in Ukraine could be crushed just as it was in Czechoslovakia in 1968 but we should not give up hope
Joe Rogan row shows limits of appetite for free speech
Spotify’s response to the Joe Rogan row has been on point. Before that the row waded into difficult waters
The most authoritarian British government since the Second World War?
The right to protest peacefully, the protection of human rights and the ability for journalists to reveal government wrongdoing are all under threat, writes Martin Bright
“Apple poisoned me: physically, mentally, spiritually”
Ashley Gjøvik, who was fired by the tech giant after blowing the whistle on toxic waste under her office, says her fight will go on
Secret agenda
A reform of the UK’s Official Secrets Act would mean that journalists with confidential documents could face harsher penalties than the spies who handed them over, reports Martin Bright
Roman Protasevich is a dissident and an activist, but above all a journalist
Belarus regime staged hijack to silence their most prominent critic