Nik Williams is the policy and campaigns officer at Index on Censorship. Prior to this he coordinated the inaugural year of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) at European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). Nik is also the journalist protection advisor at the Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) and a reader director at the investigative journalism outlet, The Ferret.
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Published in: oDR: OpinionBelarusian prisoners’ letters shine light on life in Lukashenka’s jails
Two years after protesters contested Belarus’s election result, they refuse to be silenced – even while behind bars
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionA shrinking space: media capture in Orbán’s Hungary
The demise of a once thriving independent broadcaster is yet another signpost in Hungary's deteriorating democracy...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe rich and powerful are trying to silence journalists across Europe
The EU needs to fight back
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGlobal press freedom - a downward spiral
It is not enough to call for journalists not to be assassinated, imprisoned or exiled – these actions are symptoms...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWriters silenced by surveillance: self-censorship in the age of big data
We asked Scottish writers how online surveillance has impacted on their work. The answers we got were shocking
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Published in: digitaLibertiesThe Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled against the UK government, but will they listen?
The court has ruled that the indiscriminate retention of electronic communications data by governments is...