On World Press Freedom Day, Index renews calls for the protection of journalists worldwide
From Belarus to Gaza we continue to bear witness to the unprecedented attacks on journalists globally
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CATEGORY: Israel
Banning pro-Palestine protest in the UK is no solution to antisemitism
Our former editor argues that we need to have the courage and vision to support the Jewish community without destroying a fundamental and necessary right
Why did Israel kill more journalists than any other country in the world last year?
Israel’s official position is that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) never targets journalists for being journalists – the facts tell a different story
Smearing, harassing, criminalising and killing is no longer the exception for journalists
Read below former Index CEO and now the chief executive of the Committee to Project Journalists Jodie Ginsberg’s powerful James Cameron Memorial Lecture delivered before the targeted killing this week by Israeli forces of a three-strong Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese television crew
The exclusion of Palestinian voices means the same mistakes are being made on Gaza
In 1993, the Oslo Accords promised peace in the Middle East. Thirty-two years on, a new peace initiative seeks to extract the same out of the wreckage of Gaza
Truth dies when you fire the fact-checkers
Experts who can spot the red flags and contextualise the information we receive aren’t free-speech enemies
Australia cracks down on protest
Demonstrations against Israeli President Isaac Herzog have been met by a brutal police response
A tale of two cities in the deplatforming of Jewish and Palestinian speakers
Literary festivals and schools should be safe spaces to talk about uncomfortable ideas
Should the phrase “globalise the intifada” be banned?
In the wake of the Bondi atrocity, Index says freedom of expression includes not only the right to speak but the responsibility to do so with care
Contents – Gen Z is revolting: Why the world’s youth will not be silenced
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