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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 ...

Seanad to take action over anti-SLAPP measures, calling it a missed opportunity to protect freedom of expression ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A version of this article was originally published in the British Journalism Review. Let me tell you about four brave journalists. One morning last May, Farid Mehralizada was arrested by masked police ...

For many casual listeners, Bruce Springsteen’s song Born in the USA sounds like a glorious patriotic celebration of being American. Yet listen beyond the upbeat chorus and you discover the dejected ...

At Index on Censorship, we believe everyone deserves the right to speak freely, challenge power and share ideas without fear. In a world where governments tighten control and algorithms distort the ...

It would have been difficult to miss the recent flurry of news regarding cuts to international aid organisations, and the repercussions these will have in areas such as climate change mitigation, ...