The murder of publisher and activist Lokman Slim is a stark warning to media in the country
Lebanon’s journalists face Hezbollah threat
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Loujain al-Hathloul’s release gives everyone hope
The women’s rights activist has been released after 1,001 days in a Saudi jail but the struggle continues
The desperate situation for six people who are #JailedNotForgotten
We revisit the six activists and journalists currently in jail and call for your messages of support
Why Index has held its first ever social media blackout
Despite atrocities against activists increasing globally, we have highlighted the execution by the Iranian government of journalist Ruhollah Zam
Ruhollah Zam: 27 July 1978 – 12 December 2020
The founder of the Amadnews channel, a critic of the Iranian government, has been executed for ‘spreading corruption on Earth’
Let them know they are not forgotten
Join us in sending messages of support to six human rights activists and journalists around the world who are #JailedNotForgotten
“His only crime is to believe that Egyptians deserve the most basic of human rights”
Karim Ennarah, EIPR’s criminal justice unit director, is facing fabricated charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading fake news
Why the arrest of Egypt’s Gasser Abed El Razek is so troubling
The arrest of the executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and two staff is a shameful attack on human rights
#FreeNazanin: Charity worker faces new charges on Monday
MP Tulip Siddiq expresses her support by reciting a poem written for Index by Zaghari-Ratcliffe from her cell
One year after murder of Khashoggi, NGOs renew call for justice
One year after the death of Jamal Khashoggi, Index and other organisations call for the opening of a thorough, independent and effective criminal investigation into the murder of the journalist