The Algerian novelist has long been a controversial figure for his criticism of his home country and extremist Islam
Boualem Sansal faces life imprisonment if found guilty of national security charges
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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
Democracy, but not as we know it
Donald Trump’s re-election is indicative of a broader global trend towards a new age of veiled authoritarianism.
Who will protect freedom of expression now?
What terrible things will happen while we are all distracted by the clown in the White House?
Anything is possible: 35 years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain
As we mark the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, we should remember that democratic change can come very quickly
Mozambique faces protest crackdown following disputed presidential election
The police have killed at least 20 people during a march led by an opposition leader, whilst hundreds more have been injured or arrested
In India, the money from state advertising is too tight to mention
Angana Chakrabarti reports from the North Eastern region, where government advertising is used as a tool to control the media