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Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad
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CATEGORY: United States
The death penalty is the new normal in Iran
Our weekly newsletter leads on the announcement of a sentence we all feared for rapper Toomaj Salehi
Solidarity, Assange-style
Our editor-at-large opens up about his personal, complicated relationship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
New Assange film hopes to spur action
The director of a forthcoming documentary on Julian Assange speaks to Index about how he hopes it will motivate people to take action before it’s too late
UK, USA continue attack of protest rights
Recent incidents add to an already worrying picture of the protest landscape in the respective countries
Index reiterates our urgent call for Assange to be freed
The final stage of Assange’s UK appeal begins today. The international community must unite in their support to free him
Love in the time of dissent
A week in which many are celebrating their love has turned the focus on those dissidents who are forced to be separate from their partners and families
2024, the year that four billion go the polls
Your ballot is a shield against would-be despots and tyrants and the consequences of your vote go far beyond your immediate neighbourhood
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The world needs to learn from Masha Gessen moments
The Russian-American writer was at the centre of a controversy yet things were not exactly as they first seemed
Smears about the media made by US President Donald Trump have obscured a wider problem with press freedom in the United States: namely widespread and low-level animosity that feeds into the everyday working lives of the nation’s journalists, bloggers and media professionals. This study examines documented reports from across the country in the six months leading up to the presidential inauguration and the months after. It clearly shows that threats to US press freedom go well beyond the Oval Office.
“Animosity toward the press comes in many forms. Journalists are targeted in several ways: from social media trolling to harassment by law enforcement to over-the-top public criticism by those in the highest office. The negative atmosphere for journalists is damaging for the public and their right to information,” said Jodie Ginsberg, CEO at Index on Censorship, which documented the cases using an approach undertaken by the organization to monitor press freedom in Europe over the past three years. Learn more.