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Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Russia among Europe’s most flagrant offenders of media freedom in 2018
In 2018, 17 alerts were submitted to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists relating to impunity for murders of journalists.
Joy Hyvarinen: The internet shouldn’t become a place just for pre-approved opinions
Under pressure to be seen to be doing something, the UK government has rushed out the proposals in the online harms white paper without thinking through the consequences.
Marking seven years since the arrest of Raif Badawi
Free expression groups came together to mark seven years since the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.
Teng Biao on human rights in China: ‘I cannot be silent, and I cannot give up’
“I realised that I had been cheated by the Chinese government,” legal scholar Teng Biao said describing his drive to pursue a career in human rights law.
This week at Index: Local news, global decline
Local news, global decline. Inspired by Index magazine, the Global Journalist podcast explores what happens when local journalists can no longer hold power to account
State security v freedom of the press: Protecting sources does not mean journalists are pro-terrorism
In discussing the scope of the recent Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, international human rights lawyer Alex Bailin QC called the powers created by the new legislation “breathtakingly broad.”
Project Exile: Turkish journalist lost home and family
“One thing is broken: my heart.”
Global Journalist: Local news in global decline
Index magazine editor Rachael Jolley joins Global Journalist to discuss the decline of local news all around the world and what this means for democracy.
Project Exile: Editor escaped Sri Lanka after husband’s murder
“You really feel like your country has betrayed you.”