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Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
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
Women’s rights activists arrested on International Women’s Day in Pakistan
The organisers of a feminist rally protesting against the country’s patriarchy have been detained in Islamabad
Unwritten chapters: The story of an Afghan girl
In the latest of our Letters from Afghan Women, a young woman talks about how doors of opportunity have been closed in the country
Banning social media is a kneejerk reaction that should be resisted
While Spain is yet another country considering social media bans, we should remember the dissidents who rely on platforms to organise or let others know what’s happening on the ground
The Gen Z revolution will be polarised
Index talks to young people around the world about free expression and censorship in an increasingly sophisticated online world
Former Pussy Riot member and Uyghur activist say encryption keeps them safe
Index on Censorship brought together MPs and activists to discuss how essential it is for dissidents to be able to communicate securely
Australia cracks down on protest
Demonstrations against Israeli President Isaac Herzog have been met by a brutal police response
Journalists as well as generals have been purged – only Xi is safe in China today
The recent oustings show that the best way to stay out of trouble is to not align with, or investigate, those at the top
We must keep fighting for Jimmy Lai
The Index CEO reacts to Hong Kong’s sentencing of the media mogul, and why the British government should have done more