Friday, 28 May 2021

George Floyd: What has changed?

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?

Letter from Palestine: "I am either dead or I am muted"

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.

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"Let's cut Lukashenko's financial support"

It 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 who had already had to flee the country.

Our CEO Ruth Smeeth says it is time to go beyond condemnation and instead hit Lukashenko where it hurts - in the financial markets.

China's global brand: a century of silencing dissent

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, Clive Priddle on whether Simon and Schuster's decision not to publish Senator Josh Hawley's book is censorship and an exclusive short story from acclaimed writer Shalom Auslander.

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