Campaigner Bill Browder calls the jailed Putin critic “the type of person that our world needs the most”

Campaigner Bill Browder calls the jailed Putin critic “the type of person that our world needs the most”
Our CEO ponders the challenges of being a reviewer after reading the latest column from the Observer’s restaurant writer
On the two-year anniversary of the journalist and activist’s detention in Putin’s Russia, we call on the UK to take action
Leading editors, lawyers, journalists, academics and experts say bill should be amended to ensure it can protect everyone speaking out in the public interest
Steinfeld will succeed Ruth Anderson, who is leaving Index to focus on her role as a Labour Party shadow minister in the House of Lords
The unlawful imprisonment in Russia of the WSJ reporter has huge implications for media freedom worldwide. We can all play a part in bringing about his release
Our editor-at-large opens up about his personal, complicated relationship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
A conversation between a wokey comedian, Rosie Holt, and her wonky lawyer brother, Charlie Holt, co-chair of the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition, on how open secrets survive on the comedy circuit
It’s a question which Vladimir Putin has clearly been thinking about after what would ordinarily be considered a decisive win in last week’s Russian presidential election
A great privilege of working at Index is, and always has been, the amazing people we get to encounter, such as Iranian musician Toomaj Salehi