We may find the al-Quds Day march this Sunday distasteful, but banning it risks opening the floodgates to more frequent deployment of “safety” concerns to silence dissent
How Vladimir Putin is reshaping social behaviour through controlling how people communicate online
The organisers of a feminist rally protesting against the country’s patriarchy have been detained in Islamabad
To be an Iranian dissident must be profoundly confusing. The autocratic ayatollah has been killed but there is no succession plan
2025 was a terrible year for the media in Europe, with 53 deaths of journalists and other professionals and 330 alerts published
Journalists are being killed and media freedom is under threat. Both sides have questions to answer
On Saturday, friends of the Slovak investigative journalist held 30 commemorative demonstrations to mark his brutal murder in 2018
Index and other organisations call on the UK government to provide clarity over public broadcaster’s funding at a critical time
Editor Sally Gimson reflects on a recent trip across central Europe
A proposed 60% shortfall would limit its ability to operate independently and to fulfil its mission to inform citizens on matters of public interest