On the second anniversary of the coup, democracy in the country is slipping further away. A Burmese-led organisation and an exiled journalist describe the landscape
Attacks on free expression in the country are the worst since the dictatorship ended in 1985, writes a journalist from Brazil
Today, 27 January, is the birthday of our former colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau, another one spent in jail thanks to his opposition to the regime of dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus
The powerful work tells the stories of indigenous Tatar dissidents and their families on the Russian-occupied peninsula
The UK’s legal structure continues to let oligarchs bully reporters
A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
The journalist was one of the few to challenge the long-standing president. Who will speak out now?
As a Philippines tax court acquits veteran journalist Maria Ressa, she and Rappler celebrate – and continue to hold the line
The UK Royal Family’s obsession with secrecy is blurring history and making it hard for us to get the full picture
As part of our special report Index sent a survey to 28 historians and journalists who work with archives related to the Royal Family. We received 10 responses. The majority wanted to remain anonymous – interesting in and of itself