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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Defending the right to protest means defending it for everyone
We may find the al-Quds Day march this Sunday distasteful, but banning it risks opening the floodgates to more frequent deployment of “safety” concerns to silence dissent
Russia: Googling anything against the authorities is a crime
How Vladimir Putin is reshaping social behaviour through controlling how people communicate online
Hungary’s Gen Z have only known one leader, Orbán
The country’s youth are now exercising their freedom of expression and it’s not just at music festivals
Council of Europe report: “Increasingly hostile environment for journalism”
2025 was a terrible year for the media in Europe, with 53 deaths of journalists and other professionals and 330 alerts published
Free speech is the casualty in Ukraine war
Journalists are being killed and media freedom is under threat. Both sides have questions to answer
Eight years on from the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak
On Saturday, friends of the Slovak investigative journalist held 30 commemorative demonstrations to mark his brutal murder in 2018
The BBC World Service must be defended not defunded
Index and other organisations call on the UK government to provide clarity over public broadcaster’s funding at a critical time
Index reports on the breaking of the old order in Europe
Editor Sally Gimson reflects on a recent trip across central Europe
Kosovo: Media freedom groups demand adequate budget for broadcaster RTK
A proposed 60% shortfall would limit its ability to operate independently and to fulfil its mission to inform citizens on matters of public interest