Boris Johnson’s Partygate is a distraction from the important issues

Aggression against protestors in Kazakhstan, hunger in Afghanistan and Covid deaths continue despite the scandals

Kazakh family share horror of speaking up about Xinjiang

Kazakhstan’s independent media and civil society shiver after protests

Demonstrations over fuel prices have lead to a crackdown and the arrival of Russian troops

Index condemns lawsuits brought by ENRC against Tom Burgis

We join with 14 other organisations to condemn legal action against the journalist, the Financial Times and HarperCollins in London

Index and 21 other organisations condemn lawsuits brought by ENRC against public watchdogs

Lawsuits represent an egregious attempt to curtail freedom of expression and jeopardise anti-corruption efforts

Interview with Justice for Journalists’ Maria Ordzhonikidze: how Russia is using Covid to clamp down on the media

Index urges Russian government to halt deportation of Uzbek journalist

Journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov, who works for independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, is set to be deported back to Uzbekistan, where it is feared he will be tortured.

Kazakhstan must halt assault on press freedom

The injunction banning distribution and publication of ADAMbol, a popular opposition magazine in Kazakhstan, is a clear violation of freedom of press and free expression. The magazine has been accused of engaging in “extremist war propaganda” by Almaty City’s Department for Internal Policies. Some activists believe the magazine has been targeted over its coverage of […]

Five artists attacked for their work in 2013

It is not uncommon across the world for performers to be attacked as a form of censorship, ultimately silencing what they are trying to say

The price of dissent in Kazakhstan

In recent weeks, Kazakh authorities closed down almost all independent media, and gave prosecutors new, wider legal powers against free speech. Protests against these latest attacks must go hand-in-hand with the defence of prisoners of conscience such as the poet and writer Aron Atabek, say his family and friends. They warn that Atabek’s latest sentence — […]

Kazakhstan crackdown set to continue

Kazakh prosecutors last month achieved international notoriety, as they sought to close eight newspapers and 23 web sites, and sued Google, Facebook, Twitter, and LiveJournal. Journalists in the country fear that this latest crackdown will destroy the limited amount of pluralism that still exists there. On 4 December, a Kazakh court banned the online news […]

A tragedy foretold: Norway condemns Uzbek activist to jail and torture