Category: <span>News and features</span>

Attacks on journalists covering protests increase says new report

by Mark Frary | 29 Apr 22

The latest annual report from the Council of Europe safety of journalists platform makes for worrying reading on media freedom

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter – good for free speech?

by Mark Frary | 27 Apr 22

The tech entrepreneur has made it clear that free speech is at the forefront of his decision to buy the social media platform. We explore just what this means

Apple’s Chinese and Russian takedowns come under scrutiny

by Martin Bright | 22 Apr 22

A new report by GreatFire and whistleblower Ashley Gjovik reveals the tech giant complies with far more requests from the two governments than elsewhere

Shanghai lockdown shows how far Xi will go to control population

by Jemimah Steinfeld | 14 Apr 22

Criticism of China’s Covid-Zero policy is being censored online

Dissidents, spies and the lies that came in from the cold

by Martin Bright | 14 Apr 22

Index on Censorship started at the front line of an ideological war

Index condemns lawsuit against Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins

by Index on Censorship | 13 Apr 22

21 organisations say lawsuit issued by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a SLAPP

Switching from cute animals to war: A Ukrainian children’s author speaks out

by Index on Censorship | 08 Apr 22

Kateryna Yegorushkina is a Ukrainian children’s writer and publisher from a town close to Kyiv. Here, in our second video on the state of free...

Today’s dissidents in Russia: tech savvy and willing to risk it all

by Guilherme Osinski | 06 Apr 22

Despite the huge risks attached to defying Putin, a handful of Russians are still speaking up. We profile six here

Detained, blindfolded and threatened with death: a week in the hands of Ukraine’s Russian occupiers

by Victoria Roshchina | 05 Apr 22

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchina was on her way to Mariupol when she was taken hostage. She recounts her ordeal here

Hungary elections 2022: What does another Orban term mean for freedoms?

by Jemimah Steinfeld | 01 Apr 22

The godfather of “illiberal democracy” – Viktor Orban – is fighting his fiercest election battle to date. What exactly is on the line when Hungarians head to the polls on Sunday?