Two activists climbed to the roof of the Bahrain embassy in London yesterday. Prominent opposition activist Ali Mushaima was joined by Moosa Abdali...
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Uzbekistan: Activist Karamatov released
Alisher Karamatov, a member of teh Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, was released from prison on 13 April, having served almost six years of a...
Andrei Sannikov released from Belarus penal colony
– Index on Censorship welcomes release of leading opposition figure in Europe’s last dictatorship
– Campaign to free all Belarus’s political prisoners goes on
Northern Ireland: Man fined for posting anti-Catholic abuse on Facebook
A man from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was fined £250 for writing "Kill all Taigs" --- a pejorative term for Catholics --- and "Fuck The Pope"...
Russia: Oleg Shein on hunger strike in protest against election “fraud”
Ex-mayoral opposition candidate Oleg Shein is continuing his 29-day hunger strike protesting against local mayoral election results. Held the same...
“Nul point” verdict sought for Eurovision Song Contest host
This is a crosspost from the Media Legal Defence Initiative On the eve of the Eurovision song contest, Azeri journalists have complained to the...
Belarus: Activists arrested for laying flowers at Minsk metro station
Activists in Minsk have been arrested for laying flowers and detained by police at Kastrychnitskaya metro station during a ceremony to open a...
London, capital of spin
How does lobbying in the UK affect international free speech? Index on Censorship’s Head of Advocacy
Michael Harris explains
Moscow journalists protest against Uzbekistan censorship
Journalists and photographers gathered near the Uzbekistan embassy in Moscow to protest against the deportation of their colleague Victoria Ivleva...
New anti-extremism legislation threatens Kremlin critics
The Federation Council of Russia has passed anti-extremism legislation which rights activists consider threatening to Kremlin’s public critics. It...