Index on Censorship
Censors on campus
Academic freedom is at risk. From the impact of the cuts in the UK to the dangers faced by scholars in Turkey, Iraq, Belarus and Thailand, Index reports on the threats.
China will change leaders, but keep censorship
Sometime before the end of the year, China Communist party will hold its 18th Congress, when the old batch of leaders will step aside for a new crop. Rumours are flying about what will happen then, from the almost certainty that Xi Jinping will...
Default web filtering is not the way forward
Index on Censorship joins rights groups calling on British Prime Minister David Cameron to resist plans for internet blocking
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab sentenced to three years in prison
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing of human rights defender and Index award winner Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison
Should we step up online censorship?
Andrea Leadsom and Padraig Reidy
UAE: Joint open letter to William Hague calling for release of activists
Since March, Emirati authorities have arrested over 50 activists and human rights defenders in a widespread crackdown on dissent. Index joins a group of international rights groups in calling on UK Foreign Minister William Hague and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to push for the prisoners’ release
Gore Vidal: The end of liberty
Gore Vidal, who died this week, was often scathing in his attacks on US foreign policy. In April 2002, Index on Censorship magazine was the first English-language publication to feature this essay, written after 9/11
Censorship subverts Olympic ideals
The censorship and control-freakery imposed by Locog makes a mockery of the idea that the London Olympics are open and inclusive, says Kirsty Hughes
Read more about Locog’s tactics on our Free Speech Blog
Freedom of the Press, Governance and Press Standards: Key Challenges for the Leveson Inquiry
The report of the Leveson Inquiry this autumn is likely to represent a watershed moment for the press and for press freedom in the UK. Its findings and its recommendations on a new system of press regulation, if taken up by the government, will...
London 2012: Spy games
With the colossal security apparatus in place for the London Olympics, due to begin next week, Katitza Rodriguez and Rebecca Bowe look at how intense surveillance can threaten privacy long after the games are over
Freedom of the Press, Governance and Press Standards: Key Challenges for the Leveson Inquiry
Freedom of the Press, Governance and Press Standards: Key Challenges for the Leveson Inquiry