LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
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Kenya: Young reporters and NGOs targeted as part of clampdown on Gen Z protests
Our reporter talks to a young journalist and the director of a young people’s organisation who ha...
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Iran: Complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in response to the ongoing judicial persecution of Toomaj Salehi
Index on Censorship, Human Rights Foundation and Doughty Street Chambers make submission on behal...
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Ukraine | A chronicle of censorship
A TV giant in the USA is preventing a documentary film about the Babyn Yar massacre being shown
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The latest rubbish joke from China
An unexpected view of China and the Wall Street Journal’s sacking of a reporter named chair of th...
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How Russia is shaping the Syrian media narrative
The way that announcements about illnesses and deaths are reported shows signs of external influe...
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It’s radio silence around Venezuela’s election
Venezuela is heading to the polls on 28 July but both national and international media are being ...
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Rwanda polls: The Kagame “landslide” that would embarrass other dictators
A lack of meaningful opposition is behind the incumbent president's re-election
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Encouraging signs on freedom of expression after Starmer’s first week
Appointments to and actions from the new Cabinet suggest a shift in approach
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Report pinpoints role of likely Russian troll networks in European election disinformation
Thousands of social media accounts promoted pro-Russian propaganda and conspiracy theories
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Exhibition about Russian political prisoners cancelled over Israel-Gaza row
A London art gallery has pulled an exhibition about Russian dissidents because an Israeli artist ...
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Fears mount over health of Azerbaijani political prisoner
The son of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu speaks to Index about the deteriorating health of his father, who w...
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Lukashenka unexpectedly releases political prisoners
Despite the announcement, more than 1400 remain behind bars in Belarus leaving questions over lea...
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General Election 2024: We can’t assume Keir Starmer will be a champion of all things anti-censorship
Index has a long history with the UK's new Prime Minister but we will still hold him to account ...
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Football can’t escape the free speech debate
UEFA’s plan to keep politics out of football at this summer’s European Championships has been dif...
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Julian Assange released: What now?
The plea deal reached between the WikiLeaks founder and the US government sets a worrying precedent
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Has Russian disinformation caused Europe’s lurch to the right?
A tsunami of disinformation from Russia may have helped far-right and Eurosceptic groups in this ...
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A chilling update from Belarus
Despite Lukashenka's regime running trials in absentia for its critics overseas, the opposition r...
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Our manifesto: the next UK government’s necessary actions to restore freedom of expression
From protecting protest rights to addressing transnational repression, the upcoming government ha...
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Iran’s supreme court overturns death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi
Decision welcomed by Toomaj Salehi's family, Index on Censorship, Human Rights Foundation and Sal...
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Index on Censorship seeks new Communications and Events Manager
Role sits at heart of the organisation, helping to lead the communications strategy through socia...
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Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to six years in prison
Facing “harshest punishment” for her activism, Atena Farghadani must be released immediately
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Fears of censorship grow as Modi begins third term
Despite the BJP’s reduced number of seats, there are fears that journalists and India’s civil soc...
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The silencing of media in times of war
National security arguments cannot become a tool to control free expression in democratic societies
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No D-Day for the Channel Islands
The recent inquiry into slave labour camps on Alderney showed much of the story of the islands re...
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