Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer Liu Xiaobo, who was imprisoned since 2009 for calling for more freedom in his country, has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer
Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bahrain for "broadcasting fake news". A court ruled that he had undermined the "prestige" of the kingdom, the state news agency reports. Read the full article
Outspoken comedians took to the stage for a freedom of expression charity on Tuesday night as one comic joked the move was not entirely altruistic – as he might need it himself one day. Read the full article
Index condemns the arrest of Idil Eser, director of Amnesty International Turkey, and demands her immediate and unconditional release
Organisations and individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA sent letters to their respective governments insisting that they defend strong encryption
Speeches from Lenin, Stalin and Putin echoed from the Calvert 22 gallery in Shoreditch last night. Read the full article
Join Index on Censorship at Afropunk London to discuss freedom of expression on Activism Row.
Index on Censorship joins an international coalition calling on the government of the United Arab Emirates to free Ahmed Mansoor.
Index has been awarded funding by Arts Council England for the next four years to support its work tackling censorship and self-censorship in the arts.
The Angolan government should immediately drop all charges against journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais, winner of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Award and Fellowship in 2015.
Several independent publishers in the North of England will benefit from a boost in funding from Arts Council England over the next four years after the organisation announced a “significant increase” to investment outside London this morning (27th...
Political and human rights advocates call for the release of Ahmed Mansoor, who has spent 100 days in UAE detention. Read the full article