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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The online campaign was started on Thursday by Martin Rowson, cartoonist for The Guardian, The Independent and Index on Censorship among others, as Kart was scheduled to appear in court. Erdogan ...

The message of one of our founders, Stephen Spender, was that Index wouldn’t be doing a good job if it didn’t keep an eye on attacks to free expression that happen on home soil. With this in mind and ...

The Spring 2024 issue of Index looks at how authoritarian states are bypassing borders in order to suppress dissidents.

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

At its core, freedom of religion or belief requires freedom of expression. Both fundamental rights are protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, yet nearly half of all countries penalize ...