Azerbaijanis protested the poor state of human rights in their country with 87 days to go until the inaugural European Games
Azerbaijan: Protest as Baku prepares for European Games
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Is privacy more vital than national security?
Martha Lane Fox and retired Major General Tim Cross debate how far governments go when balancing individual rights and safeguarding the nation. This is an extract from a longer feature in the latest issue of Index on Censorship magazine
Padraig Reidy: Women are denied the right to exist in public space — even in death
Whether openly hateful or couched in “protective” metaphor, the message to women is always clear: public interaction is for men, and at best, you are here by our permission
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Nico Sell
Nico Sell is a US-based entrepreneur and activist for online privacy and secure digital communication.
#IndexAwards2015: Digital activism nominee Syria Tracker
Syria Tracker is a crisis mapping platform which collates and exhibits live data on human rights abuses and other welfare issues brought about by the Syrian conflict.
Lithuania: Press freedom groups decry proposed bans on Russian TV channels
A coalition of international press freedom organisations has hit out at a move to force some Russian “government-controlled” TV stations off Lithuanian airwaves
Russia seeks to gag UN high commissioner on human rights
As so often at the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council, some interventions by states go unnoticed, but one in particular — Russia’s — must be called out
How Afghanistan’s female journalists are covering the stories no one else can
The country’s female journalists are playing a vital role in society, but threats remain
Padraig Reidy: George Galloway’s dear tweeter letters
TV presenter George Galloway has taken to wearing a black fedora, indoors. I know this, because I have seen him doing so on at least one of his TV shows
#IndexAwards2015: Campaigning nominees Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak
Professors Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak are cyber-law experts and internet rights activists who have campaigned vigorously against the Turkish government’s increasingly restrictive internet access laws