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Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison
Joint statement by the International Counsel Team at Doughty Street Chambers, Index on Censorship and Human Rights Foundation
Venezuela: a blueprint for tackling a rigged election
A citizen-led movement to capture accurate voting tallies revealed that Nicolás Maduro did not win the country’s election
COP29: Azerbaijan’s flagrant human rights abuses undermine its role as climate conference host
The men in black who patrolled the corridors of Baku’s Olympic Stadium indicated the level of surveillance that activists are now under
The dangers of boycotting Russian science
As physics laboratory Cern ends co-operation with Russia and Belarus over the Ukraine war, Index talks to exiled scientists
Boualem Sansal faces life imprisonment if found guilty of national security charges
The Algerian novelist has long been a controversial figure for his criticism of his home country and extremist Islam
A big week to remember
The past week has been busy for Index and in Hong Kong. It is up to us all to ensure award winners and political prisoners are not forgotten
Index on Censorship announces 2024 Freedom of Expression award winners
Campaigners, artists and journalists from Iran, Palestine, Russia and Uganda are named in awards ceremony in London this week
The reappearance of Stalin’s ghost in modern Russia
Denouncements of citizens for anti-Russian sentiment and punitive psychiatry are rising in the former Soviet Union
How Putin’s Russia is weaponising psychiatry against its critics
The Russian leader is revisiting the Cold War playbook by using mental manipulation to silence dissidents and its use is growing