Index has looked at the countries taking part in arguably the biggest show on earth, and put together our own group of death — the freedom of expression edition
Against the backdrop of the World Cup in Brazil, we ask how, during global sporting events, should we respond to countries that repress their citizen’s free expression? Should we engage or ignore?
The proposed new mass monitoring system has sparked fears that internet activists may be the next targets of the military-backed government’s widening crackdown on dissent, Shahira Amin writes
Lucien Bourjeily told “you know what you did” when general security confiscated his passport
In the weeks leading up to the vote, Egyptian media had reverted to Mubarak-era policies, persistently lionising El Sisi and the military while demonising his opponents. Shahira Amin reports
The recent creation of Tunisia’s Technical Telecommunication Agency threatens to undermine progress the country has made — all in the service of digital surveillance. Nicholas Williams writes
A chilling message sent by award-winning photojournalist Mosa’ab El Shamy via his Twitter account on Monday, filled his 41,000 online followers with dread. Shahira Amin reports
Iona Craig shared her story of working as a journalist in one of the world’s worst countries for press freedom
Creating life with the tools of death, in the middle of a war, in a place where everyday children, women and men of all ages are being killed mercilessly.
The Arab Spring has not stopped Britain from helping crush free expression by selling crowd control ammunition to authoritarian states including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Alex Stevenson reports