Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression: 2 – 8 August 2025
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CATEGORY: Georgia
Contents – Land of the Free? Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad
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Georgia: Independent media face increasing repression as new laws come into effect
Laws on foreign funding and broadcast content empower authorities to censor, prosecute and close media that provide vital news to the public
Contents – The forgotten patients: Lost voices in the global healthcare system
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The freedom to travel is becoming a privilege, not a right
Countries once considered liberal are increasingly denying dissenters entry at their borders
Contents – Unsung heroes: How musicians are raising their voices against oppression
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The power of protest
Peaceful demonstration is a fundamental form of self expression, and a crucial mechanism of any democracy
Georgian dream – or nightmare?
Ahead of a national election next week, Index CEO Jemimah Steinfeld visited Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. She observed that the country, formerly one of the most liberal in the post-Soviet bloc, could be on a path to autocracy
Georgia: Press freedom and the safety of journalists in peril
Findings of a recent press freedom mission to Georgia by the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform, of which Index is a member
Georgia’s foreign agent bill: an existential threat to democracy
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in an attempt to stop the country’s slide into authoritarianism