The central theme of the Spring 2023 issue of Index is India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After monitoring Modi’s rule since he was elected...
Modi’s India: The Age of Intolerance
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CATEGORY: Americas
In Mexico, a journalist is attacked every 13 hours. The government is to blame
Under fire from organised crime and from the government, reporters working in Mexico have been subject to nearly 700 attacks in the past calendar year. We speak to the journalists for whom these stats are a daily reality
Israel: Free expression hangs in the balance
The attack on the Supreme Court is just one way in which due process and dissent are coming under fire
Academic freedom under threat for more than 50% of world’s population
The ability to express and discuss ideas openly is being curtailed in univerisites, new data published by the Academic Freedom Index reveals
Brazil is falling into an abyss
Attacks on free expression in the country are the worst since the dictatorship ended in 1985, writes a journalist from Brazil
Major new global free expression index sees UK ranking stumble across academic, digital and media freedom
A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
Tyrant of the year 2022 named
You voted in your thousands and there was a clear winner, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador
2023: No calm water ahead
Happy New Year! I think we can all agree, regardless of where we live, that 2022 was a tumultuous year. There was seemingly a new crisis every day....
“I struggle with Kanye West being given a platform by anyone”
There are those within the Index family, including some of our founders, who consider free speech to be an absolute right, says Ruth Anderson
Who is 2022’s Tyrant of the Year?
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Tyrant of the year 2022: Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua
There is nothing more disappointing (or predictable) than a revolutionary hero turned tyrant. In the great tradition of Lenin and Castro, Ortega...
Tyrant of the year 2022: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
"He who has nothing to hide, has nothing to fear". These were the words uttered by the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a February...
