Ales Bialiatski, a well-known Belarusian human rights defender, was released from prison on Saturday after staying for almost three years behind bars on politically motivated charges, Andrei Aliaksandrau reports from Minsk.
The beauty of the Russian approach to internet censorship is that it doesn’t need to be technically sophisticated to be efficient — it’s all about instigating self-censorship, writes Andrei Soldatov
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The following is a transcript of a joint oral statement, led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members, that was read aloud today, 19 June 2014, at the 26th UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva: Thank you Mr. President, Two years ago...
In over 80 years, the mechanisms of public outrage have changed very little.
Index has compiled some key stats for each World Cup country
As the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, Index on Censorship Rachael Jolley magazine editor argues we should not forget our history
Index has looked at the countries taking part in arguably the biggest show on earth, and put together our own group of death — the freedom of expression edition
Against the backdrop of the World Cup in Brazil, we ask how, during global sporting events, should we respond to countries that repress their citizen’s free expression? Should we engage or ignore?
Insult laws can be very easily manipulated by those in positions of power to shut down and punish criticism