Index calls on Azerbaijan’s government to drop all charges against investigative journalist who has been in detention since December 2014
Khadija Ismayilova tells court she is innocent of politically motivated charges
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
David Cameron wants to promote good speech and ban the bad. Prime Minister, that’s not how free speech works
Free expression is not a “nice-to-have” add-on, a mere luxury principle tacked on the end of other more basic rights
The people investigating Serbia’s unsolved journalist murders
Serbia’s unique Commission for Investigating Killings of Journalists has come a long way. But founder and chairman, journalist Veran Matic, is paying a high price for justice: he lives under 24/7 police protection
Azerbaijan: Married political prisoners kept apart for 11 months, reunited in court
Leyla and Arif Yunus have been detained for almost a year on what is widely recognised as politically motived charges
Azerbaijan: Lawyers call for the release of Intigam Aliyev
95 lawyers from 24 countries call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. He has been in jail in Azerbaijan since 8 August 2014.
Greece: Can reborn ERT deliver on the promise of a truly public broadcaster?
On June, 11 2015 the Greek public TV went back to its old name “ERT”, exactly two years after its abrupt closure by the previous conservative-led government.
Hungary: Government cracks down on freedom of information
Bill granting Hungarian authorities new powers to withhold information believed to be a response to recent use of freedom of information requests to expose wasteful government spending
Padraig Reidy: Why Golders Green isn’t Britain’s Skokie
This is the British way of free expression; a matter of practicality rather than principle, a pliable concept, one that can almost always be tempered by appeals to taste
Letter: Academic freedom is under threat and needs urgent protection
With threats ranging from “no-platforming”, to governments trying to suppress critical voices, and corporate controls on research funding, academics and writers from across the world have signed Index’s open letter on why academic freedom needs urgent protection
Our knowledge about the past shouldn’t be restricted, says former UN free speech rapporteur
I want to know the past, people shouldn’t be able to alter records, said former UN free speech guru Frank La Rue