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Human rights groups who have been campaigning for several years for the release of the blogger and human rights defender can finally celebrate

The Iranian government is holding propaganda events while attempting to silence protests against corruption following a building collapse in Abadan

Meet the three shortlisted journalists for this year's award

Meet the three shortlisted campaigners and campaign groups for this year's award

Meet the four shortlisted artists for this year's award

Palestinian reporter Shireen Abu Akleh becomes the 17th journalist to be killed while doing her job this year

Country is latest to criminalise vaguely defined fake news to target human rights activists and journalists

We all want to protect each other from seeing the worst of humanity but we have no right not to be offended

The individual who has been voted the most oppressive in 2021 by Index readers has been named

The African state regularly blocks access to the web when protests flare up and the recent military coup is no different