News and Features

Japanese government cancels visit from UN free speech representative

by Josie Timms | 4 Dec 2015

The UN’s principal global monitor of freedom of expression, David Kaye, was due to visit Japan between 1 and 8 December

Was the #BrusselsLockdown just the latest in a series of Belgian media violations?

by Ryan McChrystal | 3 Dec 2015

Following the murderous barbarism in France last month, a state of alert was subsequently declared in Belgium amid concerns that a “Paris-style” attack

Dunja Mijatović: Propaganda is ugly scar on face of modern journalism

by Dunja Mijatović | 3 Dec 2015

The antidote to propaganda must be a resilient and free media environment

President Erdogan: Free Cumhuriyet’s editors and all other detained journalists

by Index on Censorship | 1 Dec 2015

Media freedom NGOs and unions, reject the blatant erosion of media freedom in Turkey.

Poland: Worrying implications of defamation through the criminal code

by Martha Otwinowski | 1 Dec 2015

When investigative journalist Jaroslaw Jakimczyk requested information from Qumak S.A., the technology company did something rather unexpected

France’s state of emergency poses threat to press freedom

by Valeria Costa-Kostritsky | 27 Nov 2015

Index’s Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Valeria Costa-Kostritsky looks at how emergency powers enacted to combat terrorism in France also pose dangers to a free press

Exploring challenges to press freedom across Europe

by Dagny Crepeau | 26 Nov 2015

A new graphic novel exploring challenges to press freedom across Europe and the impact of limitations on journalists has been released by the European Youth Press.