Pressure on UK government to intervene in Lai case highlighted in a new report, which exposes the destruction of media freedom in Hong Kong
Argument for urgent intervention in Jimmy Lai case laid bare in new report
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Defying the Taliban – A stark reminder of the collapse of Afghan women’s rights
Last Thursday, human rights organisation Anotherway Now hosted a screening of the Sky News documentary ‘Defying the Taliban: women at war in Afghanistan’. This was followed by a panel discussion hosted by Index on Censorship’s Editor-at-large...
India tightens grip on social media platforms
New rules that force platforms to “fact-check” content relating to government business are deeply concerning, say digital rights activists
Modi’s India: The age of intolerance in the world’s biggest democracy
Recent estimates suggest that India has now overtaken China in population size, but where the world's most populated country should be a beacon of democracy, the opposite may be true. Under Narendra Modi, the press is being strangled; the judiciary...
The daily risks taken by Afghanistan’s female journalists
Life for women in the media has been bleak since the Taliban takeover, and experts don’t see that changing anytime soon
Facebook policies put human rights defenders at risk
Laws designed to stop political ads being used for misinformation on Facebook are being used to target opponents to Egypt’s government
Salma al-Shehab becomes the latest Saudi prisoner to go on hunger strike
The 34-year-old mother of two was sentenced to 34 years for exercising her freedom of expression
Destroyed ballot boxes, arrests, assaults – Nigeria reels from latest elections
Violence around Nigeria’s elections was aimed at voters and at journalists. The country’s media professionals are still shaken
In Mexico, a journalist is attacked every 13 hours. The government is to blame
Under fire from organised crime and from the government, reporters working in Mexico have been subject to nearly 700 attacks in the past calendar year. We speak to the journalists for whom these stats are a daily reality
The harsh reality for Afghanistan’s journalists
Two reporters share a plea to the world not to forget them as they face intimidation from the Taliban and restrictions on their ability to work