Censorship of communications means that those detained by Lukashenka’s regime are not free to express themselves openly
Why are the letters of political prisoners in Belarus so cheerful?
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Theatre censorship: An index reading list
Index on Censorship has always supported the theatre of resistance, and our Winter 2021 magazine even had this issue as its main theme. In Belarus, for example, organisations such as Belarus Free Theatre are crucial to fighting Lukashenka’s...
Index on Censorship files media freedom alert after Sinn Féin MLA legal action
Index on Censorship is concerned at the lawsuits that have been filed against journalist Malachi O’Doherty and columnist Ruth Dudley Edwards. Both are being sued individually by Sinn Féin politician Gerry Kelly MLA, who is claiming aggravated...
Remembering the political prisoners executed in Myanmar
Kyaw Min Yu and Phyo Zayar Thaw were prominent voices in the democracy movement in Myanmar. But on 25 July 2022, state news outlet Global New Light of Myanmar released a statement claiming that they had been executed on the grounds of “terror...
Why we need to protect end-to-end encryption
Apps like Telegram and WhatsApp provide ways for human rights defenders and journalists to communicate without fear of discovery by authoritarian governments
Co-chairs of UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition welcome Government’s action on SLAPPs
Dominic Raab to announce legislative measures that includes recommendations from coalition co-led by Index on Censorship
A new chance to protect freedom of expression online
“Unintended consequences”, “ideologically incoherent”, “won’t change culture or make us safer”. I have written all these words and many more about the British Government’s Online Safety Bill. Index on Censorship has spent the last eighteen months...
A memorial for the man who told the world about the Babyn Yar massacre
Anatoly Kuznetsov is the author of Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel. His memoir is a masterpiece of Ukrainian literature and a testament to the 30,000 Jews massacred at Babyn Yar (the Ukrainian spelling), Kyiv in September 1941. Today it...
Joint statement on the introduction of charges for media coverage of party conferences
Political parties introduce charges for journalists’ access to conferences. Alliance of media and free speech organisations warns any charges will restrict open democracy
Belarus: Andrei Aliaksandrau writes of his “travels”
Our former colleague writes from prison as his trial is suspended for two months