Index and other organisations sound alarm over threat of extradition facing the Kurdish writer, journalist and poet ...

The Supreme Council of National Security announced that any action deemed supportive of Israel would be met with the most ...

Broadcasters at the US-funded radio station have often been targeted by the authoritarian regimes they cover. Donald Trump ...

The city’s biggest ever Pride event showed once again that expressing yourself peacefully should be a right, not a privilege ...

At Index on Censorship, we believe everyone deserves the right to speak freely, challenge power and share ideas without fear. In a world where governments tighten control and algorithms distort the ...

Unsurprisingly dozens of lawyers, academics and human rights defenders have joined journalists in fleeing the country.

It’s been five years since the National Security Law was passed: how much has freedom of expression deteriorated in China’s ...

In a West London art gallery, a pock-marked relief sculpture provides a devastating visual representation of a wartime Nazi atrocity. The piece is both a work of art and evidence from a crime scene: a ...

Following a highly disputed election, Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka claimed victory in August 2020. Protests erupted and a vicious crackdown ensued. Letters from Lukashenka’s Prisoners ...

Freedom of expression is essential to the arts. But the laws and practices that protect free expression are often poorly understood.

The Spring 2024 issue of Index looks at how authoritarian states are reaching across borders in their attempts to silence dissidents. Nowhere is safe for those speaking out against oppressive regimes ...