Several countries have banned publishers from producing and distributing print newspapers and magazines to stop the spread of the Covid virus despite a lack of scientific evidence
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In the 50 days since Index started tracking incidents where journalists have been attacked or stopped from reporting on Covid-19, we have reported on more than 150 incidents
Governments are sweeping information requests under the coronavirus carpet. We must not let them
Press freedom in India continues to be chipped away under Narendra Modi in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, while Muslims are being blamed for the outbreak
Will international companies take on China’s attitude to censorship after the pandemic? Charlotte Middlehurst reports
A growing number of world leaders are avoiding questions asked by the media about coronavirus, as we report on our global map monitoring media violations
As coronavirus spreads throughout Europe we are seeing several common tactics to undermine our free expression
In September 2019, London-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi announced that one of her photographs, showing women in a hammam, had been taken down by Instagram because, according to the platform, it fell foul of the community’s standards on adult...
Although there is no single “hate speech law” in the UK, nor any agreed international definition of the term, a number of laws forbid hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups, which can include things people say, based on colour, race, ethnicity and nationality, religion, and sexual orientation.
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