LATEST FROM INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
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Tiananmen Square? Don’t mention it
Efforts by Beijing to wipe out any memory of the Tiananmen Square massacre continued to expand th...
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This is no joke
In China a comedian risks jail time for mocking the army. Dr Qian Gong and Dr Jian Xu chart the r...
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Turkey and Thailand: Two elections, different outcomes
One poll remains deadlocked while another has seen the population vote for a change of direction
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Sir Salman Rushdie wins Freedom to Publish Award
Author says has freedom of expression has never been under greater threat in the West in his life...
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Coronation crackdown: It couldn’t happen here…could it?
The heavy-handed treatment of anti-monarchy protesters at King Charles III's ceremony is ominous
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Turkey’s elections: “No rule of law anymore”
The country’s human rights landscape has disintegrated since Erdogan took over in 2003
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Turkish youth turn to YouTube amid stifling of information
In the weeks leading up to the election, young professionals lean on YouTube to gather varied and...
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Don’t give up on Myanmar
The country has a vibrant future believes author Oliver Slow, despite the military junta's attack...
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Argument for urgent intervention in Jimmy Lai case laid bare in new report
Pressure on UK government to intervene in Lai case highlighted in a new report, which exposes the...
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Defying the Taliban – A stark reminder of the collapse of Afghan women’s rights
Last Thursday, human rights organisation Anotherway Now hosted a screening of the Sky News docume...
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India tightens grip on social media platforms
New rules that force platforms to "fact-check" content relating to government business are deeply...
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Modi’s India: The age of intolerance in the world’s biggest democracy
Recent estimates suggest that India has now overtaken China in population size, but where the wor...
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The daily risks taken by Afghanistan’s female journalists
Life for women in the media has been bleak since the Taliban takeover, and experts don’t see that...
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Facebook policies put human rights defenders at risk
Laws designed to stop political ads being used for misinformation on Facebook are being used to t...
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Salma al-Shehab becomes the latest Saudi prisoner to go on hunger strike
The 34-year-old mother of two was sentenced to 34 years for exercising her freedom of expression
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Destroyed ballot boxes, arrests, assaults – Nigeria reels from latest elections
Violence around Nigeria’s elections was aimed at voters and at journalists. The country’s media p...
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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 su...
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The harsh reality for Afghanistan’s journalists
Two reporters share a plea to the world not to forget them as they face intimidation from the Tal...
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Media outlets excluded from UK Home Secretary’s trip to Rwanda
Index raises second Council of Europe alert over exclusion of journalists seen as critical of Gov...
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Journalists battle for truth after Turkish earthquakes
Since February’s earthquakes, free speech NGO the Media and Law Studies Association has been moni...
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‘Thank Gary Lineker for being a true advocate for refugees’
A sports journalist, who can't work safely in Afghanistan anymore, tells us why Gary Lineker's st...
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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...
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Open up your doors as you promised
Even journalists who escape Taliban rule face deportation, starvation and imprisonment so the UK ...
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The UK Government must honour its pledge to resettle Afghans at-risk
The number of Afghan journalists and media workers who are in imminent danger remains incredibly ...
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