The US President’s praise of the Chinese leader underscores his fascination with authoritarian rulers
China’s Xi is everything Trump aspires to be
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
Indian cinema: propaganda at the pictures
Index discusses the anti-Muslim films coming out of Bollywood
I can imagine going anywhere: Ai Weiwei, an artist without a country
Index talks to the acclaimed Chinese artist about his new book on censorship
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
Zambia censors an international conference…on censorship
Government demanded disclosure of critical information related to key thematic issues at RightsCon
Conversation with a dissident: Sai ▇▇▇
In this first of a series of profiles, Index meets Burmese artist Sai to discuss the aftermath of the 2021 military coup and how it has influenced his work
Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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Orbán’s defeat should spell the end of foreign interference in European democracies
Illiberal forces are bankrolling attacks on free speech – it’s time to stop them
Why doesn’t the UK stand up for its overseas detainees?
Our fears the British government will abandon Brits jailed in Dubai for exercising free speech
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