Exclusive Index analysis: Despite its influence, voting records at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly are rarely scrutinised.
Index on Censorship examines voting patterns to show who protects free expression and who hinders it
11 June: Focus on Azerbaijan – Silenced Voices
As Armenia prepares to celebrate its status as UNESCO World Book Capital, one young author has found himself in hot water after a penning a literary work which references the conditions faced by the country’s mainly conscript army. Threatened with...
A Moscow court has pronolonged the detention of three members of punk feminist group Pussy Riot detention until the end of June. The three alleged Pussy Riot Members are being prosecuted after performing a protest song "Mother of God, send Putin...
A Moscow court has pronolonged the detention of three members of punk feminist group Pussy Riotdetention until the end of June. The three alleged Pussy Riot Members are being prosecuted after performing a protest song "Mother of God, send Putin...
Index on Censorship joins the call for an immediate, independent and transparent investigation into the brutal attack on investigative journalist and Index award winner Idrak Abbasov IPGA Letter to President Aliyev on Idrak Abbasov
The release of Sannikov and Bandarenka last weekend was welcome news for Europe’s last dictatorship. But with at least 13 more political prisoners behind bars, Belarus is far from free, says Andrei Aliaksandrau
Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov released from Belarus penal colony
The European Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of a human rights resolution which calls for new rules to monitor internet censorship under autocratic regimes yesterday. The report's author Labour MEP Richard Howit recommended an export ban...
A radical Muslim group released a video threatening a number of German journalists last week. The Salafist group named journalists from newspapers Frankfurter Rundschau and Tagesspiegel in the video uploaded to YouTube on Thursday (12 April). The...
Azerbaijani journalist and Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally assaulted today and remains in hospital.
Read more: Azerbaijan must investigate attack on Index award winning journalist