Kety Abashidze

May 10, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Yassmin Abdel-Magied |Ruth Anderson |Kety Abashidze

Atar, a digital magazine distributed via email and WhatsApp, first came to my attention late last October. I was in a dimly lit New York cafe, warmed by the company of a group of Sudanese diaspora; artists, activists, journalists, nursing hot teas and wounded souls. As it often does, the question of obtaining high quality Sudani news bubbled up. “Have you heard about Atar yet?’ someone asked. I hadn’t, yet. But this interaction was instructive.

May 10, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Ruth Anderson |Kety Abashidze |Daisy Ruddock

One of the core roles of Index from its establishment was samizdat, providing access to real news for those people caught behind the Iron Curtain as an alternative to Soviet propaganda. We provided both a platform for dissidents and a news outlet for those subject to totalitarian censorship, an aspiration we continue to hold today.

May 8, 2024 | humanrightshouse.org | Kety Abashidze

This Op-Ed was originally published by Index On Censorship read the original here. In the southeastern corner of Europe, in the small country of Georgia, a monumental struggle is unfolding between the government’s authoritarian ambitions and civil society’s determination to advance fundamental freedoms.

May 7, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Kety Abashidze |Daisy Ruddock |Ruth Anderson

Tens of thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of Tbilisi against the proposed "foreign agent" law. Photo: Jelger Groeneveld via Flickr (CC by 2.0 Deed) https://www.flickr.com/photos/saab99/53684060923In the south-eastern corner of Europe, in the small country of Georgia, a monumental struggle is unfolding between the government’s authoritarian ambitions and civil society’s determination to advance fundamental freedoms.

Apr 10, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Yassmin Abdel-Magied |Ruth Anderson |Kety Abashidze

Index on Censorship, a leading international organisation promoting freedom of expression, has today announced the appointment of its next Chief Executive Officer. The decision was made by the organisation’s Board of Trustees after a comprehensive search process. Jemimah Steinfeld will succeed Ruth Anderson, who is leaving Index to focus on her role as a Labour Party shadow minister in the House of Lords. Jemimah is the current Editor-in-Chief of Index on Censorship magazine.