In 2018, 17 alerts were submitted to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists relating to impunity for murders of journalists.
Under pressure to be seen to be doing something, the UK government has rushed out the proposals in the online harms white paper without thinking through the consequences.
Free expression groups came together to mark seven years since the arrest of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.
“I realised that I had been cheated by the Chinese government,” legal scholar Teng Biao said describing his drive to pursue a career in human rights law.
Local news, global decline. Inspired by Index magazine, the Global Journalist podcast explores what happens when local journalists can no longer hold power to account
In discussing the scope of the recent Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, international human rights lawyer Alex Bailin QC called the powers created by the new legislation “breathtakingly broad.”
“One thing is broken: my heart.”
Index magazine editor Rachael Jolley joins Global Journalist to discuss the decline of local news all around the world and what this means for democracy.
“You really feel like your country has betrayed you.”
“Where will it lead? I can’t tell. Changing and rebuilding the institutions will be a massive task.”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Update: Update: On 3 June 2019, the criminal investigation into Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey was dropped....
Anzhelina Polonskaya became a recognised writer and poet during the turbulent post-Soviet Union era. Inspired by the works of famous Russian writers, she became a self-taught poet
