The president of Belarus is acting with impunity against his critics. It is time to go further than words of condemnation
Let’s cut Lukashenko’s financial support
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Hijack, arrest, torture: Belarusian journalists under attack
The grounding of a Ryanair flight on a fake bomb threat is just the latest escalation of an independent media clampdown in Belarus
Roman Protasevich is a dissident and an activist, but above all a journalist
Belarus regime staged hijack to silence their most prominent critic
Urgent letter to Croatian Minister of Justice: Do not extradite whistleblower Jonathan Taylor
Whistleblower’s evidence contributed to an oil company paying fines amounting to over $US800 million in a corruption and bribery scandal
Yulia Tsvetkova’s hunger strike: “I have reached a dead end”
Index award-winner calls on her supporters not to waste any more time “on the farce called Russian justice”
The Queen’s Speech is a systematic assault on free expression
On the face of it, the Government’s legislative agenda looks reasonable but the devil is in the detail
Navalny writes from his penal colony: “Books are our everything”
The jailed critic and opponent of Putin is sending messages via Instagram, detailing his ill-treatment
Index shares its concerns about the Academic Freedom Bill
In response to today’s Queen’s speech, Index, English PEN and Article 19 have written to the Education Secretary
UK football social media blackout raises free speech issues
Some clubs, players and the Professional Footballers’ Association are in support of social media regulation
Urgent action is needed to defend our media
As the 2021 Council of Europe Platform report is published, Index on Censorship and its partners call for the urgent implementation of the report’s recommendations