The South African founder of technology firm Psion supported many education and civil rights charities, including Index
Remembering philanthropist and technologist David Potter
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
The UK government rushing through terror laws will stifle journalism
Without proper scrutiny, the Bill could undermine press freedom in the name of national security
Remembering Index contributor and Croatian author Slavenka Drakulić
Drakulić was one of Europe’s strongest feminist voices and penetrating chronicler of the wars still being waged on the continent
Silencing mothers and covering up baby deaths is censorship
Women in maternity care are being neglected with deadly consequences
Killing the joke – the assassination of a Russian cartoonist
Semyon Skrepetsky’s murder shows that satirists are (literally) in the Kremlin’s firing line
Two private members’ bills invigorate the anti-SLAPP campaign
Anti-SLAPP legislation is back in Parliament: What happened this week and what does it all mean?
Governments should be protecting free expression not banning social media for under-16s
The proposed ban is unworkable and risks letting tech companies off the hook for moderating content
Hungary’s Sziget: The island of freedom
The co-founder of a Budapest festival that grew out of the fall of Communism in Hungary speaks to Index about freedom of expression
We want our former colleague imprisoned in Belarus to walk free
Journalist Andrei Aliaksandraŭ has been in prison since 2021 on charges of treason for his kindness in helping protesters after the fraudulent election
Reform’s TikTok videos and the Online Safety Act
Our opposition to the legislation is that unless speech is aired in a public forum, it cannot be challenged