Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan

The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, "Sheep Republic", about oppression and how easily it is accepted

Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Lucien Bourjeily

The playwright tells Index that many Lebanese people don't know that censorship exists in their country

Recap report: Draw the Line — play on or red card?

Index hosted the first of our Draw the Line events on Monday, as ten young adults met to discuss issues surrounding the free expression records of the countries participating in the World Cup

Egypt’s Al Jazeera verdict: London journalists stand together in silent protest

The usually bustling entrance of the New Broadcasting House was silent and still for one minute this morning in protest at the sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in Egyptian prison