We honour the late-Czech novelist and playwright by sharing his short story
Remembering Ivan Klíma
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
The trauma of being Lukashenka’s prisoner
Following Belarus’s shock release of a group of political prisoners in August and September, Index went to meet them
The week in free expression 17 October – 24 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Contents – Truth, trust & tricksters: Free expression in the age of AI
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Scotland’s culture wars: the library curation challenge
How do librarians create a collection that is welcoming to their community, and balance it with books that challenge ideas or might be unpopular?
How a billionaire mogul pushed France’s media to the right
Vincent Bolloré, known as the “French Murdoch”, dominates media on the other side of the Channel
The week in free expression 10 October – 17 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The legal system is being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence
Index has published a new report showing how survivors are facing abusive strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)
Banned Books Week: The author writing to stop history repeating itself
Rachel Seiffert is confronting her family’s Nazi past to prevent the world making the same mistakes in the future
Free speech tested at party conferences
Political parties in the UK must allow critical voices in