From the magazine: Freedom of expression must trump the commitment to tiptoe around some people’s idea of multiculturalism, argues Samira Ahmed, looking back at the last 15 years
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President Obama: Privacy, free expression for all
Index on Censorship is deeply concerned that neither the report nor the recommendations on the NSA prepared by the White House review panel tackles the worldwide mass surveillance carried out by the United States. Index calls on President Obama to...
North Korea is deleting history
Tens of thousands of articles have disappeared down an Orwellian memory hole. Sybil Jones reports
Mission creep
Our special report explores the freedom to choose what we believe and how we practise our beliefs, and the counterbalancing freedom to discuss and question those beliefs.
Universities need to encourage debate not segregation
According to the BBC, Universities UK has advised that gender segregated meetings may be permitted on campuses "if requested by speakers from orthodox religious groups". Index on Censorship is concerned by this position. Universities as places of...
Japan’s designated secrets bill – the sound of the jackboots
Japan’s new secrecy law is yet another disturbing symptom of the country’s rising militarism, broadening the government’s power to classify state secrets amidst increased belligerence in the region. Saul Takahashi reports for Open Democracy
Oliver Tambo: “We have never ever doubted that apartheid will crumble some day”
Index on Censorship takes a look back through our archive at the African National Congress and apartheid in South Africa through an interview with Oliver Tambo from 1986.
Assistant editor, Index on Censorship magazine
Thank you for your interest. The application period for this position has now ended. Index on Censorship magazine is looking for an assistant editor with a good knowledge of global politics, free expression and human rights to join their...
Protect Ukrainian peaceful protestors
Members and partners of the Human Rights House Network condemn in the strongest terms the excessive use of force by Ukrainian authorities to disperse peaceful demonstrations, following the refusal by Ukraine to sign the European Union association...
SNAPSHOTS – Photos From Azerbaijan (12 December)
The world's spotlight has moved on from Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan is still beset by intimidation and violence, leading newspapers are under attack and independent journalists like Khadija Ismayilova and Idrak Abbasov continue to find...
Open letter to the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Dear Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Index on Censorship is writing to you ahead of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger's appearance before the Home Affairs Select Committee's hearing on counter terrorism. We believe that the Guardian's publication of details...
European Union to further reduce the UN human rights budget
In a joint letter to Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Index on Censorship has joined 66 human rights NGOs from European Union member States, States...