“Our life is... all about waiting. We are waiting. And it's been a long time, with these five years passing by slowly for us,” says wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
Introducing Voices in Danger
A piece by award-winning filmmaker Marco Salustro, published in Index on Censorship's latest issue, describes the journalistic challenges of covering the plight of the thousands of migrants who have fled sub-Saharan Africa and are now being held in Libya
The forced closure of print and TV media outlets leaves President Erdogan dangerously unaccountable, says journalist speaking on condition of anonymity
More than 130 media organisations have been shut down since the coup attempt on 15 July
For the media in this country to give Erdoğan a free pass would be a gross failing, not least in the eyes of independent Turkish journalists whose work has been hampered by the serious erosion of press freedom in their homeland
Journalist Abraham T. Zere has been identified as a 'security threat', and watched his colleagues go to prison. Now exiled in the USA, he reveals the dangers facing writers in the "world's most censored country"
Iranian cartoonist, Atena Farghadani, has already posted a new cartoon on Facebook. Matilda Battersby reports on her case, why her art was so controversial, and her next moves
The deposed Egyptian President was previously sentenced to death in another case
Wingfield-Hayes, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard will be expelled from country
His successive election victories led to Turkey being held up as a beacon for Islamic democracy. Now Erdogan has become impregnable
Dutch Metro columnist has been detained for allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdogan
Index on Censorship's deputy editor on the perils of wearing a slogan T-shirt
Publications around the globe published tributes after the massacre at the magazine's offices on 7 January 2015
The young Malian went from migrant worker to right-wing target after helping hide Jewish hostages at a kosher supermarket before briefing police before their successful assault
Some of her last words were: ‘When Isis arrest and kill me it’s ok because… it’s better than [living] in humiliation with Isis’
After Syria, the most journalists were killed in France this year
Freelancers working in some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones were honoured on Wednesday night
The latest in our series of testimonies from Rory Peck Awards finalists comes from Syrian freelance filmmaker Salam Rizk. Here Rizk describes travelling to the city of Jisr al-Shughour where he filmed an important rebel victory in April
British citizen Andy Tsege was kidnapped and illegally rendered to Ethiopia where he has been held in prison for over a year. As the Ethiopian foreign minister visits the UK, it’s time for the British government to demand Andy's release
The editor of Turkey’s leading English language newspaper Today’s Zaman was last week arrested for insulting the president over Twitter. The day after his release he spoke exclusively to Voices in Danger about the impending trial, the challenges of running an independent newspaper in Turkey and the intimidation faced by journalists who dare to speak out against the Erdoğan regime.
Bülent Keneş, editor of Today’s Zaman, was charged with insulting the president over Twitter
