Anti-SLAPP legislation is back in Parliament: What happened this week and what does it all mean?
Two private members’ bills invigorate the anti-SLAPP campaign
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
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
Serbia: Solidarity with Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation following another setback in its quest for justice
The Serbian editor was gunned down outside his apartment in Belgrade in 1999 and those responsible have evaded justice
Index honours Virginia Giuffre and Sarah Wynn-Williams with the Freedom to Publish Award
The authors were awarded for their bravery in standing up to rich and powerful people
From police to Pussy Riot
A former member of the protest band explains how she left a career in St Petersburg’s police force to become a political dissident
From Belarus to Gaza we continue to bear witness to the unprecedented attacks on journalists globally
On World Press Freedom Day, Index renews calls for the protection of journalists worldwide
Turkey silences its journalists by forcing them into exile
On World Press Freedom Day, we hear from Turkish journalists forced out of the country