Index on Censorship

Despite an ongoing trial that has sapped its popular appeal, members of the Greek press are still under pressure from neo-Nazi, far-right organisation Golden Dawn. Journalists have been targeted with libel charges and physical violence.

Index on Censorship rejects many of the suggestions made in a report into intimidation of UK public officials by a committee tasked with examining standards in public life.

Organisations from around the world call on the EU to “be less deferential” towards Turkey.

As the saga of Saudi’s hunted elites commanded attention across the Middle East and North Africa this November, news of the region’s less powerful prey fell by the wayside. Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, and Egypt went after protesters, journalists, and human rights defenders critical of their regimes.

David Kaye on why a growing number of governments are putting travel bans on critics to stop them from discussing state repression and corruption.

Is Facebook disproportionately targeting marginalised communities? Critics point to these six instances to show that may just be the case.

Our Middle East and North Africa round-up spotlights Bahrain’s first military trial of civilians since 2011, a growing crackdown on members of Egypt’s LGBTQI+ community, and a new player restricting Iranians’ internet access.

The recent use of the Interpol system to target journalists is a serious breach of media freedom, says Index. Interpol’s own constitution bars it from interventions that are political in nature.