A new report published by the partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media ...

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Former Index editor Jo Glanville pays tribute to a journalist who introduced a western audience to a diverse range of writers ...

"Don’t speak ill of the dead” is an aphorism that dates back centuries, but what if the dead speak ill of you? Over the past ...

Following Belarus’s shock release of a group of political prisoners in August and September, Index went to meet them ...

Akbar Notezai travelled to the capital to talk exclusively to some of the journalists who were physically assaulted ...

An exploration of Urdu’s origins, its rich literary tradition and its increasing popularity among the young as a language of ...

But K-drama hits differently in North Korea compared to the rest of the world, wielding huge influence over the way people ...

On 16 October a bomb exploded outside of the journalist’s home just as he arrived back with his daughter, destroying two cars ...

Earlier this month, a delegation from 60 Israeli peace and reconciliation groups travelled to Ramallah in the West Bank to meet representatives of the Palestinian authority and its president Mahmoud ...

A resident walks past a government billboard citing core values of the Communist Party near a church in the city of Pingdingshan. Photo: Associated Press/Alamy ...

In a deserted lane in one of the countryside villages in a frontier district, Kupwara, a once well-known writer is now living a secluded life out of the spotlight. The walnut trees on one side provide ...