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Nov 7, 2024 | 
indexoncensorship.org | Angana Chakrabarti |Jemimah Steinfeld |Jo-Ann Mort
The four editors of Assam’s English daily, The Drongo Express, meet in person once or twice a month. They sit hunched over their laptops and notebooks – either at parks or in someone’s house in Diphu, where the paper is headquartered – figuring out how to keep their newspaper afloat. One of them, Helvellyn Timungpi, from the tribal district of Karbi Anglong, told Index: “Last year, our publisher decided to walk away from the newspaper.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
indexoncensorship.org | Jemimah Steinfeld |Jo-Ann Mort |Sarah Dawood
23 August 2024 - Donald Trump speaking with attendees at an Arizona for Trump rally. Photo by Geopix / Alamy Stock Photo Waking up to today’s news that Donald Trump has been re-elected as president of the USA is deeply troubling. Despite what he claims, Trump is no poster boy for free speech. We at Index have many grave concerns about what another four years under him could mean for the USA and the world.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
indexoncensorship.org | Jo-Ann Mort |Sarah Dawood |Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Patriotism hasn’t been a standard stance of the Democrats, and especially not of their left flank. But front and centre issues in this election – freedom and democracy – are two words that have become the mantra of the Democratic standard bearer, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jo-Ann Mort
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Jo-Ann Mort
October 7 is a day of mourning. For Israelis, it is a reminder they remain a broken nation, with 101 hostages (many, perhaps half, presumed dead) still held in Gaza, and a dangerous escalation in the north as Israel battles Hezbollah.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
indexoncensorship.org | Georgia Beeston |Jo-Ann Mort |Sarah Dawood |Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
In his book You have not yet been defeated, the 42-year-old British-Egyptian imprisoned activist, software engineer, and writer, Alaa Abd el-Fattah writes: “I am in prison because the regime wants to make an example of us.” Yesterday, 29 September 2024, was due to be the end of his five-year sentence – but as this milestone passes with him still behind bars, his words remain true.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
newrepublic.com | Jo-Ann Mort
This week, French President Emmanuel Macron returns to the mundane task of forming a government as he gathers all of the parties together to hash out a compromise to replace his caretaker government. He had postponed this task to preside over the Olympics, and now that it is upon him, it will no doubt be a difficult set of negotiations, since no party has a majority in the new parliament, not to mention that his own party had a dismal showing.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Jo-Ann Mort
There are two wars going on between Israelis and the Palestinians. The one with the global spotlight is of course between Israel and Hamas raging in Gaza. But, there is a second, longterm, lethal war – as Israel continues to hold on to the occupation of Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
newrepublic.com | Jo-Ann Mort
The International Court of Justice’s July 19 ruling on Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem was stronger than anticipated, clearly articulating what is blatantly obvious, that these enclaves “and the regime associated with them, have been established and are being maintained in violation of international law,” said Nawaf Salam, president of the ICJ, as the court is also known.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
indexoncensorship.org | Jo-Ann Mort |Sarah Dawood |Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe |Arezou Eghbali
Political parties in the UK are now in the final stages of campaigning as they approach the general election on 4 July 2024. During the circus of the campaigning season, important issues can and have slipped through the cracks. We, the undersigned, want to ensure that the next government, whoever it may be, will stand firmly on the side of free expression. Back in January, Rishi Sunak laid out key targets he wished to deliver before the end of his term, with varying degrees of success.
