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Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group
Transnational repression (TNR) is on the rise globally, fuelled by rapidly evolving technology, global democratic-backsliding and the rise of authoritarianism and years of neglect by previous governments.
The week in free expression: 26 July – 1 August 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Free expression concerns over Online Safety Act’s age verification requirements
There are many questions around how age verification works in practise and what its consequences could be for our online speech
Zimbabwe: Emmerson Mnangagwa’s online stormtroopers target women who speak out
The Varakashi are using anonymous and fake accounts to mock, delegitimise and threaten opposition to the ruling ZANU PF party
How India’s comedians are paying the price for free speech
An incident in which Mumbai’s Habitat comedy club was vandalised by supporters of a local political group after Kunal Kamra made jokes about its leader is a worrying sign of the times
Shadow of Gaza conflict hangs over education
Schools and universities in the war zone have been destroyed. Attempts to write about it have been silenced
The week in free expression: 19 – 25 July 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Has President Trump launched the age of the American dissident?
A new era of authoritarianism has dawned in the “land of liberty”. What can US political activists learn from those who defied Soviet repression?
Palestine Action proscription and Afghan data leak test UK’s commitment to free expression
Recent news has called into question whether certain UK laws are too broad and ill-defined to protect our speech rights