Australian authorities are dramatically ramping up the sentences faced by peaceful climate crisis protesters
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An insidious and unlegislated form of policing?
The Metropolitan Police has made hundreds of requests to remove online content in the past year. Every single one of them related to drill music. This is dangerously close to systemic racism, believes Shereener Browne
China’s tradition of inventive protest is in full swing
Protesters in China unhappy with Xi Jinping’s government and its policies are getting creative with their messages
Who is 2022’s Tyrant of the Year?
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Landmark report finds China using arts “to silence critics and drive censorship”
Major new investigation from Index on Censorship reveals the scale and reach of the CCP’s international soft power push across the European arts landscape
New legal opinion on the Online Safety Bill
Index on Censorship has commissioned a legal opinion by Matthew Ryder KC and finds that the powers conceived would not be lawful under our common law and the existing human rights legal framework
Letter to Justice Secretary: Adoption of a UK Anti-SLAPP Law
Editors, journalists, lawyers and academics write to Dominic Raab to express support for the Model UK Anti-SLAPP Law launched by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
A new generation of protesters in China?
Trying to make sense of the protests in China right now is hard but one thing’s certain – they hint at the existence of greater dissent than the CCP realised
Failed empty gesture 0 – 1 Strong silent stand
The Iranian team’s defiant stand against oppression at the World Cup in Qatar puts everyone else to shame
Italy: a call in support of Roberto Saviano
The Italian writer is facing a lawsuit for aggravated defamation initiated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni