Nations in the “Global North” continue to crack down on protests and freedom of expression, while condemning similar actions abroad
The hypocrisy of how Western democracies respond to protest
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Who holds the pen on scrutinising the most powerful?
The influence wielded by newspapers has come into sharp focus in the past week
The corporate silencing of the truth about Ukraine’s “Holocaust by bullets”
Index co-hosted the private UK premiere of an important film about the Babyn Yar massacre to persuade CBS News to release key footage
Breaking end-to-end encryption would be a disaster
Index launches campaign to highlight why politicians should not rush to add a “back door” to messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal
Fictitious legal letter threatening legal action is sent to every sitting MP
UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, of which Index is co-chair, launches campaign as Parliament delays establishing anti-SLAPP protections
Bread, Work, Freedom
Afghan women gather in Tirana for global summit to defy the Taliban
Banned: school librarians shushed over LGBT+ books
A special investigation reveals more than half of UK school librarians surveyed by Index have been asked to remove books from their shelves
Contents – The final cut: How cinema is being used to change the global narrative
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The dichotomy of Turkey
Erdoğan is keen to trumpet Turkey’s role in the recent prisoner swap but the president remains the most relentless implementer of censorship in Turkish history
The importance of local journalism to understanding the UK riots
Mill Media with its network of local journalists was able to spot the rising far-right threat to asylum hotels well before their national counterparts in London