“You can usually tell the quality of a tyrant’s credentials by the number of people he has thrown in jail on spurious grounds and Europe’s last dictator, Alyanksandr Lukashenka, is no exception,” says Index associate editor Mark Frary. Lukashenka...
Index on Censorship has commissioned a legal opinion by Matthew Ryder KC and finds that the powers conceived would not be lawful under our common law and the existing human rights legal framework
Editors, journalists, lawyers and academics write to Dominic Raab to express support for the Model UK Anti-SLAPP Law launched by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
Rishi Sunak’s decision to end the traditional morning media round is a mistake, says our CEO Ruth Anderson
The Italian writer is facing a lawsuit for aggravated defamation initiated by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Index and other organisations ask UN Special Rapporteurs to intervene on proposed UK legislation
The Gomorrah author heads to court tomorrow in a case that illuminates the precarious state of media freedom in Italy
Index joins other organistions in writing to the Home Secretary to say the arrest of journalists threatens press freedom in the UK
A London reporter describes the day he ended up in jail simply for doing his job
Freedom of expression has dominated the news agenda this week but not in a good way, says Ruth Smeeth