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More than 30 organisations call on the Seanad to take action over anti-SLAPP measures, calling it a missed opportunity to ...

As veteran Turkish journalist Can Dündar told me this week, “Like many autocrats, Erdoğan is intolerant of humour.” He fears the chilling effect this latest crackdown could have. “This may silence ...

The Supreme Council of National Security announced that any action deemed supportive of Israel would be met with the most ...

Index and other organisations sound alarm over threat of extradition facing the Kurdish writer, journalist and poet ...

The city’s biggest ever Pride event showed once again that expressing yourself peacefully should be a right, not a privilege ...

A special investigation reveals more than half of UK school librarians surveyed by Index have been asked to remove books from their shelves ...

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days ...

When news broke on Monday of 17-year-old Sana Yousaf’s murder, it was first described as a potential “honour-based killing”. Yousaf, a social media influencer from Pakistan, had become a visible ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, brave journalists have travelled across the country gathering testimonies from civilians about war crimes committed by the Russian ...

At a quiet corner of an apartment in Cairo, Palestinian journalists now sit staring at a blank screen. Just months ago, they were reporting from the heart of Gaza – documenting airstrikes, ...

This article was authored in collaboration with The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK). Five years ago, Hong Kong passed the National Security Law. Its message was clear – dissent at ...