Sally Gimson

1 month ago | indexoncensorship.org | Sally Gimson

This week, academics from all over Europe are gathering at the Times Higher Education Europe Universities Summit in Budapest. The conference has the strapline, “Pairing higher education excellence with world-leading research and innovation” and professors and academics including a pro-vice chancellor of Oxford University Anne Trefethen are speaking. So far, so dull.

Jul 26, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Katie Dancey-Downs |Jemimah Steinfeld |Sally Gimson |Mehran Firdous

In the air above Natun Bazaar in Dhaka last Friday, a helicopter swept over protesters. Not to monitor or to film, but to shoot at them. This is according to on-the-ground BBC reporters, who described the area as resembling a war zone. There is some dispute as to whether the helicopters just fired tear gas, sound grenades and rubber bullets or whether live rounds were also used.

Jul 19, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Jemimah Steinfeld |Rizik Al-Abi |Clemence Manyukwe |Sally Gimson

Has China entered a “garbage time of history”? Some netizens think so. According to a Guardian article from yesterday, the term is trending, coined to reflect a generation who feel squeezed by rising costs and other social burdens.

Jul 16, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Clemence Manyukwe |Sally Gimson |Mark Stimpson |Martin Bright

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame has won 99.15% of the vote in this week’s presidential poll, a margin of victory so high that even Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka has baulked at claiming such a high figure in his own rigged elections. Rather than being a vote of confidence, the main reason for Kagame’s overwhelming “victory” was the lack of opposition.

Jul 12, 2024 | indexoncensorship.org | Mark Stimpson |Sally Gimson |Martin Bright |Daisy Ruddock

A network of accounts flooded social media with disinformation in the run-up to the European Parliamentary elections a new report has found. The report was commissioned by the Social Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) grouping together with the Dutch delegation GroenLinks-PvdA and produced by disinformation specialisists Trollrensics.