Lukasz Masiak, who had been subject to numerous threats believed to be connected to his work, died of traumatic brain injury after being assaulted in the Polish town of Mlawa
Poland: Journalist Lukasz Masiak fatally beaten
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Fear of terror and offence pushing critical voices out of UK universities
From a government crackdown on extremism to marketing departments’ concerns over branding, lecturer Thomas Docherty looks at the threats to the tradition of free discussion on campus
Index Awards 2015: Driving the “good fight for change”
Five courageous individuals were named Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award winners on 18 March 2015. Three months later, here are updates on their ongoing work
Padraig Reidy: Just another old man yelling at a cloud?
Every so often (roughly generationally) there are upheavals in mores and language. We’re on that cusp now.
13 governments that are definitely not jailing people over free speech
Just look at these definitely-not-free-speech-related charges journalists and activists and human rights lawyers and pro democracy campaigners face
Azerbaijan must allow free reporting at European Games
On the eve of the opening ceremony, foreign journalists and rights activists have been banned from reporting on the Baku Games. Index on Censorship calls on Azerbaijan to allow civil society groups and journalists from at home and abroad to report freely
Ten times the Azerbaijani president told us how much he loves press freedom
Don’t be fooled by the fact that journalists in Azerbaijan have been jailed, beaten, killed, and forced into hiding and exile, and their foreign colleagues banned from entering the country: Ilham Aliyev is all about media freedom
Padraig Reidy: When Putin met the Pope
What might have happened when the leader of the world’s largest state met the leader of the world’s smallest?
Amnesty, Platform banned from entering Azerbaijan on the eve of European Games
Both organisations have been highly critical of President Ilham Aliyev’s government, and its targeting, jailing and prosecution of activists and journalists
Baku 2015: The foreign manpower behind Azerbaijan’s games
Despite the ongoing government crackdown on investigative journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, foreign manpower has played a significant role in making Baku 2015 a reality