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Hijack, arrest, torture: Belarusian journalists under attack
The grounding of a Ryanair flight on a fake bomb threat is just the latest escalation of an independent media clampdown in Belarus
Roman Protasevich is a dissident and an activist, but above all a journalist
Belarus regime staged hijack to silence their most prominent critic
Urgent letter to Croatian Minister of Justice: Do not extradite whistleblower Jonathan Taylor
Whistleblower’s evidence contributed to an oil company paying fines amounting to over $US800 million in a corruption and bribery scandal
Stop holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of Israel
Claims of a Zionist conspiracy are not protected speech but a racist attack on all Jews, writes former Index editor
Yulia Tsvetkova’s hunger strike: “I have reached a dead end”
Index award-winner calls on her supporters not to waste any more time “on the farce called Russian justice”
Destruction of media building in the Gaza Strip “unacceptable”
Index expresses concern over bombing by Israeli military
Navalny writes from his penal colony: “Books are our everything”
The jailed critic and opponent of Putin is sending messages via Instagram, detailing his ill-treatment
Standing up to a global oil giant
Celebrated author Ma Jian reflects on the terrible legacy of the Chinese Communist Party in its centenary year
Index shares its concerns about the Academic Freedom Bill
In response to today’s Queen’s speech, Index, English PEN and Article 19 have written to the Education Secretary