Index and other organisations issue statement as UK Members of Parliament debate a petition calling for the Online Safety Act ...

The guilty verdict delivered today in Jimmy Lai trial is one of the biggest signs of how corrupt and unfree Hong Kong has ...

If you want to take the temperature of a nation in terms of free speech just look at how it treats its comedians. Countries with robust human rights records can take a joke, the reverse is the case ...

Israel once boasted it was the only democracy in the Middle East. But in the last year the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accelerated attempts to erode democratic institutions. So ...

Enacted today, Australia’s ban of selected social media platforms for under 16-year-olds is the most sweeping attempt carried out by a democratic state to address online harms facing young people.

Choose from our shortlist of 10 authoritarian leaders and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of ...

Politicians say it is a "direct attack on freedom of speech and the work of those who denounce injustices within Brazil" ...

The case against Lee doesn’t end there though. The year 2025 has brought the show trial of Jimmy Lai, it’s brought fresh ...

Under-16s have been banned from key online platforms in Australia, and young people's voices are at risk in the country and ...

Politicians say it is a “direct attack on freedom of speech and the work of those who denounce injustices within Brazil” ...

Russia’s “Father of the Nation” Vladimir Putin is overseeing a predictably grim 2025. He continues killing innocent ...