Those we must not leave behind
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The UK government has failed in its task to rescue Afghans. Here MARTIN BRIGHT, Index on Censorship's editor-at-large speaks to members of a new...
Can Ukraine destroy Putin? The case for optimism.
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When the US government offered to help Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky evacuate as Russia was attacking Kyiv, Zelensky responded: "The fight is here. I...
RSF protests against new Ukraine restrictions on reporters
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, March 23, 2023
In a war it's rare to find anything like complete freedom (or truthfulness) of information from either side....
Wiener Zeitung latest – creeping govt takeover
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, March 22, 2023
In defiance of protests across Austrian society, including by the respected former federal President Heinz Fischer, the 320-year-old...
UK govt planned to allow Wagner SLAPP against BBC
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by Edward Steen, Vienna March 21, 2023
Putin’s private, sanctioned warlord, Yevgeny Prigozhin, 61, ex-jailbird, hot-dog salesman, now billionaire founder of the murderous Wagner Group, ...
UN testimony on Russia playing the victim in Ukraine
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Testimony to UN Security Council on Russian hate speech
By Timothy Snyder
Evidence to UN Security Council session on 14/03/23 called by Russian Federation to discuss...
Orbán’s latest assault on Hungarian journalists
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party have spent years turning Hungary’s media environment into their playground — not through outright repression,...
Navalny feature film wins Oscar in LA – infuriating Putin fans
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Vienna, April 13, 2023
by Edward Steen
As predicted in these pages by Julia Ioffe, the documentary film about Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny last night (12/03)...
How football invaded BBC pitch (and UK parliament)
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Vienna, March 13, 2023
by Edward Steen
As the UK Conservative government lurches from one own-goal to another, its latest self-inflicted mishap concerns Gary Linaker, one...
Deadly Afghan blast targets journalists
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Paris, 12/03/23
Explosion blasts awards ceremony for journalists, two dead,16 hurt, and three children
The explosion took place at the Tabian Farhang centre in the capital...