On World Press Freedom Day, Index renews calls for the protection of journalists worldwide
From Belarus to Gaza we continue to bear witness to the unprecedented attacks on journalists globally
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CATEGORY: Americas
The postponement of RightsCon: Another case of the dragon’s hold on Africa?
The event was due to be held in a venue partly funded by China and follows a Zambian environmental disaster involving a Chinese state firm
The violent silencing of Mexican people
Witnesses to the recent shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation
Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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Smearing, harassing, criminalising and killing is no longer the exception for journalists
Read below former Index CEO and now the chief executive of the Committee to Project Journalists Jodie Ginsberg’s powerful James Cameron Memorial Lecture delivered before the targeted killing this week by Israeli forces of a three-strong Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese television crew
Throwing free expression to the wolves is not the way to protect kids
Beware regimes which use “child protection” as a way to censor
Truth dies when you fire the fact-checkers
Experts who can spot the red flags and contextualise the information we receive aren’t free-speech enemies
The US media must stand up to Donald Trump’s assault on its freedom
If the signs weren’t there already, the US President’s speech at Davos made clear his intention to tighten his stranglehold on the free press
How the far right has weaponised free speech
A UEA professor and author says it is time to call out the charade and say what Trump and his ilk really want
End for the NDAs which protected Harvey Weinstein
New employment rules spell victory for Zelda Perkins, former assistant to the disgraced film producer and who was awarded a CBE at New Year