Turkish satirical magazine LeMan faces mobs and arrests over a cartoon
Turkey’s crackdown on cartoonists is no laughing matter
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Turkish arrest warrant against Nedim Türfent condemned
Index and other organisations sound alarm over threat of extradition facing the Kurdish writer, journalist and poet
Young people in Turkey are defying decades of oppression
Mass youth protests have mobilised a fragmented society into action and enlivened the political opposition
The Turkish government’s grip on journalism is tightening
With 90% of the country’s media now controlled by the state, it is becoming harder and harder to report independently
World Press Freedom Day 2025: Journalists reflect
With the annual celebration taking place on 3 May 2025, six journalists from around the globe tell Index what press freedom means to them
Press freedom is deteriorating in Turkey
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, a journalist with experience of imprisonment in Turkey speaks to those who have been arrested repeatedly
Contents – The forgotten patients: Lost voices in the global healthcare system
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Autocrats above the law
In today’s geopolitical climate, even lawyers need lawyers
The Kurdish journalists being targeted in Syria
Media workers in the Kurdish-led autonomous region in northern Syria have long suffered attacks by Turkish forces and extremist groups
The week in free expression
Index rounds up some of the biggest stories in the global free speech landscape from the past seven days