Putin’s biggest critic has just gone on trial in circumstances that are clearly aimed at lessening coverage and outrage
We must not let Putin use the Ukraine crisis to bury Navalny trial news
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CATEGORY: Ruth’s blog
Trying to sanitise our online lives through regulation will just mask tensions
Last weekend I made an error. I posted a photo on my personal social media account of some political campaigning I’d done. As a former MP, it would...
Beijing Olympics: Support the sport but remember the persecuted
As the Games begin in China, do cheer on your country’s athletes but look beyond the sport
“You cannot tell the story of the Holocaust without challenging imagery”
A school in Tennessee has banned a book about the Holocaust. How will we avoid repeating the crimes without open, honest education at the core?
Boris Johnson’s Partygate is a distraction from the important issues
Aggression against protestors in Kazakhstan, hunger in Afghanistan and Covid deaths continue despite the scandals
Keeping watch on China
As British MPs are warned over a Chinese national seeking influence in the UK parliament, Index continues to shine a light on the CCP’s activities globally
Indigenous people have been silenced on the climate crisis
As the world’s eyes turned to Glasgow for COP26, it was those on the frontline whose voices were not being heard
The problem of censorship is part of larger ones about the use and abuse of freedom
It is 50 years since poet Stephen Spender made a call to arms in the pages of The Times
Sir David Amess: 26 March 1952 – 15 October 2021
The brutal murder of the Southend MP is an attack on democracy
#OffOn – Don’t switch off our online rights
The EU is now developing online legislation along the lines of the UK’s Online Safety Bill with its Digital Services Act