Yury Savitsky is one of hundreds who have been detained in Belarus following the disputed elections. His wife Ekaterina tells Index her heart-breaking story
Mark Stimpson
Rowan Atkinson joins Index in call for changes to Scotland’s planned hate crime bill
Comedian is one of 20 individuals who have signed a joint letter, along with Index on Censorship, raising concerns over the wording of a new bill
Interview with Justice for Journalists’ Maria Ordzhonikidze: how Russia is using Covid to clamp down on the media
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In March 2020, Index on Censorship partnered with Justice for Journalists Foundation to keep track of attacks on...
#HoldTheLine Coalition calls on Philippines authorities to drop Maria Ressa charges ahead of 22 July hearing
Rappler founder faces up to a century in jail from the various tax and libel charges ranged against her
Ruth Smeeth: “From Ethiopia to Hong Kong, we will not abandon you”
from Turkey to Poland, Brazil to Kashmir, the most stark has been the appalling attack on human rights in Hong Kong. The Chinese government has...
Free speech is for me
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A gathering storm: The laws being used to silence the media
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Mapping media freedom during Covid
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Governments using virus as cover to restrict newspapers
Several countries have banned publishers from producing and distributing print newspapers and magazines to stop the spread of the Covid virus despite a lack of scientific evidence
Index calls for immediate release of Lina Attalah
Editor of Egyptian online news portal detained after interviewing mother of hunger striker Alaa Abd El Fattah
150 attacks on media freedom reported in 50 days
In the 50 days since Index started tracking incidents where journalists have been attacked or stopped from reporting on Covid-19, we have reported on more than 150 incidents
Index announces first digital fellowship week
Index has held its first digital fellows week because of the coronavirus, Mark Frary reports