Our editor-at-large opens up about his personal, complicated relationship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Solidarity, Assange-style
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Martin Bright
Martin Bright has over 30 years of experience as a journalist, working for the Observer, the Guardian and the New Statesman among others. He has worked on several high-profile freedom of expression cases often involving government secrecy. He broke the story of Iraq War whistleblower Katharine Gun, which was made into the movie Official Secrets (2019) starring Keira Knightley.
Moments of Freedom winner announced
Agfhan reporter’s flight to safety in Paris from the Taliban is the moment you chose as part of our year-end campaign
The suffering of Wael al-Dahdouh in “deadliest conflict for journalists”
Al Jazeera’s bureau chief has lost many family members in the Gaza conflict including his son Hamza, one of 76 Palestinian journalists who are reported dead. Index speaks to a fellow journalist and family friend about the tragedy
50 years on wounds still raw from Chile coup
The country is still divided over the dictator’s legacy, as violence over the weekend shows
Britain’s Holocaust island
The peaceful island of Alderney was involved in the darkest chapter of World War II. Both residents and politicians have tried to keep a lid on this history but the silence is ending
Seeking the real story of Prigozhin’s challenge to Putin
Finding the truth about what is happening in Russia is almost impossible but the country’s remaining independent media are working hard to do so
Maria Ressa: “Journalism research has no integrity if it endangers journalists at risk”
Rappler editor-in-chief breaks silence over Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism report on digital news
Sir Salman Rushdie wins Freedom to Publish Award
Author says has freedom of expression has never been under greater threat in the West in his lifetime
New play gives a voice to the forgotten Crimean Tatars
The powerful work tells the stories of indigenous Tatar dissidents and their families on the Russian-occupied peninsula
Crown Confidential
The UK Royal Family’s obsession with secrecy is blurring history and making it hard for us to get the full picture
Journalism is at risk from the National Security Bill. We’re fighting back
Imagine a country where the authorities target investigative journalists as spies, and outlaw news and campaigning organisations that receive foreign funding. At Index on Censorship, we have been writing about such countries since the darkest days...
Mikhail Gorbachev: the Soviet leader who learned to love freedom of expression
The former president, who has died at the age of 91, wrote presciently in the pages of Index on Censorship