Index on Censorship's Mike Harris joins Ghida Fakhry and guests on Al Jazeera's Inside Story, to discuss whether a giving a peace prize to Burma's president Thein Sein rewards the killings of Rohingya Muslims.
After the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has seen a flourishing of new media outlets and NGOs. But two years on, the country still faces challenges to free expression, says Ghazi Gheblawi
The Chinese government's two main bodies of censorship, SARFT (State Administration for Radio, Film, and Television) and GAPP (General Administration for Press and Publications), are to merge and become one super administration. Although some...
The Queen’s Speech is on 8 May, and Home Secretary Theresa May is still pushing for “Snooper’s Charter” to go through. Write to your MP to and let them know that the bill should be dropped.
Libel Reform: Government chooses business interests over citizens
Libel Reform: Government chooses business interests over citizens
Libel reform under threat
Libel reform under threat
Index on Censorship views press freedom as one core part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression. Read Index’s position on the Royal Charter for press regulation
In the run up to the presidential elections in October 2013, there have been increased attacks on freedom of expression in Azerbaijan. And social media has become a new target for the country’s authorities, says Idrak Abbasov
Index on Censorship has called upon the Bahraini government to release 2012 Index Freedom of Expression Award winner Nabeel Rajab and other prisoners of conscience
Legendary Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died yesterday aged 82. In 1981, he addressed a writers’ conference at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. Index on Censorship published this extraordinary speech the same year