Alice Purkiss: “Child protection” web filters censor BNP, lifestyle and technology sites
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Name of Ched Evans’ rape victim highlighted again on Twitter
Alice Purkiss: Name of Ched Evans’ rape victim highlighted again on Twitter
Index calls on Azerbaijan government to protect human rights
As the Eurovision Song Contest hits our screens next week, Index calls on the expected 125 million viewers not to ignore the human rights abuses – against journalists, artists, activists – in Azerbaijan
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Russian punk collective Pussy Riot speaks exclusively to Index
The Russian feminist collective tells Index’s Elena Vlasenko they will continue to speak out, in spite of arrests and harassment
Russian punk collective Pussy Riot speaks exclusively to Index
The Russian feminist collective tells Index’s Elena Vlasenko they will continue to speak out, in spite of arrests and harassment
Azerbaijan: A visit with Idrak Abbasov
On 18 April, Index award-winner Idrak Abbasov was brutally attacked while he reported on the demolition of houses. Rebecca Vincent visited him at his home outside Baku
Responding to the Queen’s speech #libelreform announcement
The government will introduce a law "to protect freedom of speech and reform the law of defamation” The libel reform campaign, nearly 100 organisations and our 60,000 supporters including leading names from science, the arts and public life have...
Index asks for more transparency about government’s core participant status in Leveson Inquiry
Index is one of four public benefit organisations which have today made an urgent application to the Leveson Inquiry regarding Government ministers’ new status as ‘core participants’ in the Inquiry
Bahrain: Index condemns the arrest of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab
Index condemns last night’s arrest of Index’s 2012 Award winner and head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab and the ongoing harassment of human rights activists in Bahrain
Chen Guangcheng knows exile isn’t easy, but it may be his best bet
Even before the internet, dissidents in exile were able to create networks that provided a lifeline to those back home, writes Index editor Jo Glanville