Truth seems overwhelmingly difficult”: the words of lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari who was taken from a car by police on her way ...

At the end of every year, Index on Censorship launches a campaign to focus attention on human rights defenders, dissidents, artists and journalists who have been in the news headlines because their ...

If the signs weren’t there already, the US President’s speech at Davos made clear his intention to tighten his stranglehold on the free press ...

Lukashenka's political prisoners are seen as bargaining chips rather than people. Andrei, like hundreds of others, should not ...

Olga Borisova is a performer and human rights activist from Russia with Belarusian roots. In 2025, she was sentenced in ...

Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right. It reinforces all other human rights, allowing society to develop and progress. The ability to express our opinion and speak freely is essential to ...

Bobi Wine is alive. Uganda’s leading opposition figure is currently in hiding following last week’s elections, releasing ...

As Yoweri Museveni celebrates 40 years in power, Danson Kahyana reflects on how the dictator has strengthened his hold on ...

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei acknowledged in mid-January that thousands of people were killed during recent protests. The internet shutdown engineered by the authorities means that details of ...