The latest on threats to freedom of expression around the world

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Friday, 28 May 2021


** George Floyd: What has changed?
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George Floyd Memorial at the scene of his killing in Minneapolis. Photo: Ken Wolter / Alamy Stock Photo

It is 12 months since police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes leading to his death and sparking protests around the world. Has anything changed one year on, asks Tamia Beckles ([link removed]) ?


** Letter from Palestine: "I am either dead or I am muted"
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Photo: Andrea Mancini/CC BY SA 2.0
The Palestinian author Abbad Yahya says he is unable to freely express his thoughts. "I fear that many began surrendering to the truth that there is no voice above the voice of the battle, and I worry that I am one of them," he says in our audio letter from Palestine ([link removed]) .
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** "Let's cut Lukashenko's financial support"
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[link removed] has been five days since the Belarusian KGB falsified a terror threat and forced a plane travelling through their airspace to land so they could arrest and imprison a dissident journalist ([link removed]) who had already had to flee the country.

Our CEO Ruth Smeeth says ([link removed]) it is time to go beyond condemnation and instead hit Lukashenko where it hurts - in the financial markets.
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** China's global brand: a century of silencing dissent
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Index looks back on 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party and how their censorship continues to shape the lives of people around the world and threaten their right to free speech. Inside are articles by exiled writer Ma Jian ([link removed]) , Clive Priddle ([link removed]) on whether Simon and Schuster's decision not to publish Senator Josh Hawley's book is censorship and an exclusive short story ([link removed]) from acclaimed writer Shalom Auslander.
Index on Censorship defends people's freedom to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution. We publish censored writers and artists, monitor and campaign against censorship, and encourage debate.

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