Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of the news and current affairs website Prachatai, has been convicted by the Bangkok Criminal court and sentenced to a fine and a suspended eight month prison term. Peter Noorlander reports
A Thai webmaster has been found guilty of not removing posts deemed insulting to the country's monarchy quickly enough. The court showed leniency to Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who faced up to 20 years in prison under the country's computer crime...
The landslide winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden’s Loreen, has thwarted Azerbaijan’s attempts to use the competition to whitewash its record on free speech
As we approach tomorrow’s Eurovision song contest in Azerbaijan, Index CEO Kirsty Hughes asks if the event will shine a light on the country’s atrocious human rights record
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AND: Eurovision mired in deeper controversy by further clampdown on dissent in Baku
Song contest puts focus on human rights.
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As the world turns its attention to Azerbaijan for the Eurovision Song Contest, police crack down on dissent in Baku.
Index calls on Azerbaijan government to protect human rights
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As the Eurovision Song Contest hits our screens next week, Index calls on the expected 125 million viewers not to ignore the human rights abuses – against journalists, artists, activists – in Azerbaijan
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The Russian feminist collective tells Index’s Elena Vlasenko they will continue to speak out, in spite of arrests and harassment