Bahraini authorities this week released opposition activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who had been imprisoned with her infant son since March but continues to use arbitrary arrest and imprisonment to silence its critics.
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Andrey Kalikh explores what happens when journalists or activists reveal close relationships between Russia’s businesses and government
Organisations and individuals from across the world took to the streets to celebrate the investigative journalist’s birthday and call for the release of all political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Miho Dobrašin explores the recent wave of legal measures and threats against journalists in Spain
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova has been released from prison on probation in Azerbaijan after an international campaign to free her
One of Azerbaijan’s most celebrated journalists, Ismayilova’s investigative reports included, among other things, exposing Azerbaijan’s human rights abuses and the corruption involving the family of president Ilham Aliyev
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Journalists have been murdered and burned in effigy. Reporters have been publicly discredited by government officials, prosecuted for under anti-terrorism laws
Thanks to generous support from fans at a gig for Malian rock band Songhoy Blues at The Roundhouse in London, Index on Censorship raised more than £1,800
In early April 2016, Hungarian news site vs.hu began publishing less than normal. On 25 April a dozen journalists, including editor-in-chief