An unexpected view of China and the Wall Street Journal’s sacking of a reporter named chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association hit the headlines this week
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
Fears of censorship grow as Modi begins third term
Despite the BJP’s reduced number of seats, there are fears that journalists and India’s civil society will be further silenced
Looking forward: Challenges facing online speech regulation in India
With the Digital India Act on the horizon, Index is working to ensure the country’s proposed regulatory regime can protect free expression for everyone online in India
Censored Memories | Lyrics performed by Yinfi
Songs performed at an event to mark the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen protests
How artificial intelligence is influencing elections in India
Deepfake videos and other content is appearing with increasing regularity and regulators are too slow – or are unwilling – to act
Contents – The long reach: How authoritarian countries are silencing critics abroad
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The death of North Korea’s propaganda chief marks the end of an era
Kim Ki Nam spent decades shaping the narrative of the totalitarian state and building a personality cult around the ruling Kim dynasty
Burkina Faso has chosen the tool of the tyrant
A report into the death of 223 civilians in the African state has led to a clampdown on the media
We the screamers
The atrocity deniers are everywhere and we need to scream over them with the truth
India’s hate speech trackers are being blocked
Even from exile in the USA, a Kashmiri journalist critical of India’s ruling BJP is being silenced