Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was on her way to Mariupol when she was taken hostage. She recounts her ordeal here
Detained, blindfolded and threatened with death: a week in the hands of Ukraine’s Russian occupiers
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All the news that’s fake to print
Index on Censorship’s new editor rounds up the stories that have made headlines this week including disinformation around the Florida hurricane
Index pays tribute to Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna who has died in Russian detention
The war reporter wrote from the front line for several Ukrainian news outlets before she was captured by Russian forces last year, and has now died in currently unknown circumstances
Al Jazeera’s closure sets a dangerous precedent for journalism, says union
The shutdown of the West Bank news centre has been labelled a security step by Israeli officials, but a worrying form of press suppression by media workers, unions and academics.
One year on from 7 October: free speech violations in Israel and Palestine
Amongst the horrendous loss of life and destruction, journalists and peace activists have been persecuted. We summarise Index’s coverage of censorship throughout the conflict over the past 12 months
Telling fact from fiction
Journalistic “black holes”, such as in Gaza and Sudan, curtail people’s ability to understand geopolitics and conflict
Georgia: Press freedom and the safety of journalists in peril
Findings of a recent press freedom mission to Georgia by the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform, of which Index is a member
Israel’s closure of Al Jazeera’s West Bank office is a blow to press freedom
This is just another example of Israel’s suppression of Palestinian journalists, which stops them from documenting the brutal war in Gaza
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah denied freedom once again
The political prisoner remains behind bars after serving a five-year jail term, but his family won’t stop campaigning for his release
Is jail time for Just Stop Oil protesters justified?
When countries like the UK and the USA start punitively punishing peaceful but disruptive protesters, the world needs to be on watch