Witnesses to the recent shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation
The violent silencing of Mexican people
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Jemimah Steinfeld
Jemimah Steinfeld has lived and worked in both Shanghai and Beijing where she has written on a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on youth culture, gender and censorship. She is the author of the book Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China, which was described by the FT as "meticulously researched and highly readable". Jemimah has freelanced for a variety of publications, including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Vice, CNN, Time Out and the Huffington Post. She has a degree in history from Bristol University and went on to study an MA in Chinese Studies at SOAS.
Orbán’s defeat should spell the end of foreign interference in European democracies
Illiberal forces are bankrolling attacks on free speech – it’s time to stop them
Gone are the days when Tbilisi was safe for journalists escaping persecution
The arrest and deportation of journalist Afgan Sadigov demonstrate the peril faced by at-risk journalists
Why doesn’t the UK stand up for its overseas detainees?
Our fears the British government will abandon Brits jailed in Dubai for exercising free speech
Throwing free expression to the wolves is not the way to protect kids
Beware regimes which use “child protection” as a way to censor
Truth dies when you fire the fact-checkers
Experts who can spot the red flags and contextualise the information we receive aren’t free-speech enemies
Defending the right to protest means defending it for everyone
We may find the al-Quds Day march this Sunday distasteful, but banning it risks opening the floodgates to more frequent deployment of “safety” concerns to silence dissent
Free speech is the casualty in Ukraine war
Journalists are being killed and media freedom is under threat. Both sides have questions to answer
Banning social media is a kneejerk reaction that should be resisted
While Spain is yet another country considering social media bans, we should remember the dissidents who rely on platforms to organise or let others know what’s happening on the ground
Former Pussy Riot member and Uyghur activist say encryption keeps them safe
Index on Censorship brought together MPs and activists to discuss how essential it is for dissidents to be able to communicate securely
Journalists as well as generals have been purged – only Xi is safe in China today
The recent oustings show that the best way to stay out of trouble is to not align with, or investigate, those at the top
We must keep fighting for Jimmy Lai
The Index CEO reacts to Hong Kong’s sentencing of the media mogul, and why the British government should have done more