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 postponement of RightsCon: Another case of the dragon’s hold on Africa?
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
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
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