Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the events of the past 12 months, yet another year of challenges to human rights around the world
A year in freedom of expression
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
“I struggle with Kanye West being given a platform by anyone”
There are those within the Index family, including some of our founders, who consider free speech to be an absolute right, says Ruth Anderson
An insidious and unlegislated form of policing?
The Metropolitan Police has made hundreds of requests to remove online content in the past year. Every single one of them related to drill music. This is dangerously close to systemic racism, believes Shereener Browne
Who is 2022’s Tyrant of the Year?
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Tyrant of the year 2022: Vladimir Putin, Russia
Vladmir Vladimirovich Putin is the tyrant’s tyrant in more ways than one. Over the two decades he has dominated Russian politics as president and...
Tyrant of the year 2022: Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Belarus
“You can usually tell the quality of a tyrant’s credentials by the number of people he has thrown in jail on spurious grounds and Europe’s last...
New legal opinion on the Online Safety Bill
Index on Censorship has commissioned a legal opinion by Matthew Ryder KC and finds that the powers conceived would not be lawful under our common law and the existing human rights legal framework
Letter to Justice Secretary: Adoption of a UK Anti-SLAPP Law
Editors, journalists, lawyers and academics write to Dominic Raab to express support for the Model UK Anti-SLAPP Law launched by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
Journalists will struggle to speak truth to power if the power isn’t showing up
Rishi Sunak’s decision to end the traditional morning media round is a mistake, says our CEO Ruth Anderson
Italy: a call in support of Roberto Saviano
The Italian writer is facing a lawsuit for aggravated defamation initiated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni