Category : News and features
“A joker, a poet and an idealist”
Belarusian journalist and poet Sabina Brilo (below) on her friend Andrei Aliaksandrau who goes on trial today Egypt: Activist Abdelrahman ‘Moka’ Tarek is free
Human rights groups who have been campaigning for several years for the release of the blogger and human rights defender can finally celebrate Belarus: An open letter from Andrei Aliaksandrau on his day in court
Our former colleague writes to his supporters as his trial on charges of treason opens in Belarus China’s fifth most wanted democracy advocate looks back at Tiananmen
Zhou Fengsuo was a student at the time of the Tiananmen Square protests. He tells Jemimah Steinfeld how peaceful times turned to horror Iran enters the multiverse of madness
The Iranian government is holding propaganda events while attempting to silence protests against corruption following a building collapse in Abadan Chad: Return to democracy still seems a distant prospect
A reconciliation dialogue promised after the death last April of the central African country's president is in turmoil 500 days lost in a Belarusian prison
Our former colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau reaches another bitter milestone as a political prisoner in Belarus Belarus: the free press continues despite attacks
The chair of the Belarusian Association of Journalists says reporting is harder than ever because of government crackdowns and war in neighbouring Ukraine Awards nominees “celebrate those on the front line in the fight to protect freedom of expression around the world”
Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2022 Freedom of Expression Awards Index on Censorship and Reporters Without Borders welcome High Court’s decision in Realtid case
Swedish business publication and its journalists still face SLAPP cases over articles about Eco Energy World and its founder Index raises concerns over exclusion of journalists from UK Home Secretary’s Rwanda visit
Alert filed with Council of Europe over key media being unable to hold Priti Patel to account as she announces migrant plan Syria passes draconian cybercrime laws
Country is latest to criminalise vaguely defined fake news to target human rights activists and journalists 
