On the face of it, the Government’s legislative agenda looks reasonable but the devil is in the detail
The Queen’s Speech is a systematic assault on free expression
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Navalny writes from his penal colony: “Books are our everything”
The jailed critic and opponent of Putin is sending messages via Instagram, detailing his ill-treatment
Index shares its concerns about the Academic Freedom Bill
In response to today’s Queen’s speech, Index, English PEN and Article 19 have written to the Education Secretary
UK football social media blackout raises free speech issues
Some clubs, players and the Professional Footballers’ Association are in support of social media regulation
Urgent action is needed to defend our media
As the 2021 Council of Europe Platform report is published, Index on Censorship and its partners call for the urgent implementation of the report’s recommendations
100 days in prison in Belarus: MP calls for Andrei Aliaksandrau’s release
As our former colleague spends his 100th day in detention, Christine Jardine MP joins our call for his immediate and unconditional release
British whistleblower held overnight in Croatian psychiatric hospital
Oil industry exec arrested on holiday in 2020 hospitalised after embassy alerted police
Russia: Index expresses concern over the arrest of Doxa journalists
Student journalism is a building block of media freedom, says Index CEO
What price press freedom in Northern Ireland?
Journalists continue to be threatened as tensions escalate in the province
Russia: Drop all charges against Yulia Tsvetkova
Award-winning artist faces six years in jail for her work promoting body positivity and women’s rights
Impartiality and independence of police watchdog questioned by whistleblower
A report on the policing of protests supported Priti Patel before evidence-gathering was complete and was influenced by bias against non-violent dissent
A letter to HMIC head Sir Tom Winsor on protest policing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The following are extracts from a letter to Sir Tom Winsor, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, from...
