Category : News and features
Right for US students to speak freely off campus upheld
Mahanoy Area High School student Brandi Levy wins Supreme Court case after a profanity-laced post on Snapchat at a local convenience store The world must look beyond Cuba’s carefully manufactured PR image
It is important that Western human rights organisations do not allow the distorted image of Cuba as a tropical socialist outpost to muddy their thinking Obituary: Peter R de Vries ‘a tireless and courageous fighter for justice’
The veteran Dutch crime reporter has died from injuries sustained in a shooting last week Joint call condemning the Belarusian regime’s raids on journalists and human rights activists
Index joins with 11 other organisations to demand the release of those detained Afghanistan: Journalists in the firing line
As Western forces leave the country, the free press faces a uncertain future under the Taliban Attempted murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries “a slippery slope of violence”
The crime reporter was shot earlier this week and is the latest incident in increasing attacks on the media in the Netherlands 
UK whistleblower Jonathan Taylor finally freed from extradition torment almost one year on
Former in-house lawyer for oil firm SBM Offshore now allowed to return home Belarus: Human rights organisations urge the UN Human Rights Council to maintain calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Andrei Aliaksandrau
Call comes as Council receives the report of the UN special rapporteur on the situation regarding human rights in the country Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards
Imprisoned Egyptian human rights campaigner, Russian feminist performance artist, and persecuted Djiboutian journalists among the shortlisted candidates Myanmar keeps it poets locked up despite prisoner release
Maung Yu Py, a well known name in Burmese poetry circles, remains in Myeik prison despite the release of 2,300 anti-coup protestors Fourteen organisations call for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist and human rights defender Andrei Aliaksandrau
Former Index on Censorship staff member faces up to 15 years in prison 
