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
Azerbaijan: A visit with Idrak Abbasov
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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
Queen’s Speech set to tackle free expression
Is London set to lose its label as global capital for libel tourism, asks Index’s Kirsty Hughes
World Press Freedom Day 2012
The last year has seen tumultuous shifts for media freedom. But core problems still remain in the world’s troublespots, says
Padraig Reidy
Telco caught colluding with dictators
Nordic Telecom giant TeliaSonera forced to act after evidence that its data has been abused to target, harass and jail activists in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Belarus
Whether it’s porn or piracy, ISPs should not be forced to police the internet
Jo Glanville: Whether it’s porn or piracy, ISPs should not be forced to police the internet
Lindsey Hilsum on Libya opening up
Channel 4’s Lindsey Hilsum on capturing the glorious moment when a repressive regime falls and people are able to tell their stories for the first time