News and Features

Ireland notified by Council of Europe over legal action against media outlet

Index on Censorship have raised a Council of Europe alert amid concerns over current legal action against the Dublin Inquirer

Remember the victims of Charlie Hebdo

by Ruth Anderson | 03 Sep 20

As a trial commences in France to prosecute accomplices to the Charlie Hebdo murders, we remember the victims of the brutal crime

EU must stand up for independent media in Hungary

by Jessica Ní Mhainín | 02 Sep 20

One of Hungary’s last and biggest independent media outlets, Index.hu, has recently seen its editor fired in another worrying attack on media freedom. The EU must speak up

Scotland’s hate crime bill would stifle free speech

by Ruth Anderson | 28 Aug 20

The wording of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill is incredibly vague and could lead to people being punished simply for telling a joke

How did Belarus come to be ruled by “the last dictator of Europe”?

by Orna Herr | 28 Aug 20

The attack on the people of Belarus today is the result of 26 years of brutal dictatorship, in which basic freedoms were dismantled one by one

Ruth Smeeth: “The brave men and women who refuse to be silenced”

by Ruth Anderson | 21 Aug 20

Summer is supposed to be the quiet time for news – not this year

“Have you ever felt joy from finding out a loved one is in prison?”

by Mark Stimpson | 20 Aug 20

Yury Savitsky is one of hundreds who have been detained in Belarus following the disputed elections. His wife Ekaterina tells Index her heart-breaking story