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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 ...

It’s been five years since the National Security Law was passed: how much has freedom of expression deteriorated in China’s ...

A ban on female healthcare workers is leaving women’s health and maternity services in a dire situation under Taliban rule ...

The European Convention on Human Rights was set up in the aftermath of World War Two to protect the rights of people in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states. Enshrined within it are fundamental ...

On the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, Index explores how healthcare is being used as a weapon to silence dissidents ...