Named the International Whistleblower of the year at the inaugural Index Freedom of Expression Awards in 2001, Grigory Pasko is still working to keep investigative journalism alive in Russia.
The Kremlin is playing the same games now as it did in its darkest days. Democrats should be ready to fight back.
At first glance, Latvia’s New Wave music festival and the iconic London concert hall might seem to have little in common. But both have recently been embroiled in the fallout from the crisis in Ukraine, James Montague reports
Aleksandr Bastrykin Head of the Investigative Committee of Russian Federation The Investigative Committee of Russian Federation 105005, Russia, Moscow, Technicheskii Lane, 2 Sunday 2 November 2014 Dear Mr Bastrykin, RE: Request for investigation...
The ministry has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to close the International Memorial Society, Jennifer Janiak reports
Funny doesn’t work for dictatorships because funny usually involves humanity and vulnerability. This is the appeal of the viral video challenge.
The sentencing of journalists for doing their jobs in Egypt has prompted an international outcry. But what happens when journalists are prevented from doing their jobs freely? Nicholas Williams reports
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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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