It is never easy judging these awards and this year particularly so. The mix of creativity and bravery on display was ...

Weeks of peaceful protest by teenagers and ordinary citizens has turned into a battle between the far left and the far right ...

On the anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia's death, Index and fellow members of the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe ...

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Nine years after the death of Daphne Caruana Galiza, we must continue to consider the real threats to journalists today ...

Having worked at Index for almost a decade, I’m far from faint-hearted. Yet, the ruthless tools of suppression employed by Rwandan president Paul Kagame still stop me in my tracks. I will never forget ...

It should now be clear to everyone that the year 2026 will be marked by the march of the far right further into the mainstream of European politics. Each of the major European powers now has an ...

For the first time since its 2001 founding, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a nationwide defeat in the 2024 mayoral elections, finishing second to the Republican People’s Party ...

Free press advocates will visit Budapest six months into the new Tisza government and provide recommendations for rebuilding media freedom ...

Can both these statements be true at once? Strangely yes. On Wednesday Rooney and her publishers Faber and Faber announced that they will cease distributing books in the UK because the bestselling ...

Now, the Israeli government has started to speak about a “migration plan” for Palestinians in Gaza. Leaving, in their words, is being presented as a voluntary choice. But what does “voluntary” mean ...