A growing number of world leaders are avoiding questions asked by the media about coronavirus, as we report on our global map monitoring media violations
The leaders who are dodging questions on coronavirus – and how
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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.
We must make sure UK coronavirus legislation is only temporary
As the UK passes emergency legislation that hugely restricts people’s freedoms, we need to check it is reasonable and transient
Why media freedom is so important during the coronavirus crisis
Index have created a map to track media violations around the world amid worrying news that many leaders are using the coronavirus crisis to silence journalists. It’s a crucial tool at this critical time
Index speaks to New York Times journalist about when he was forced to leave China
As China revokes the press credentials of three foreign journalists, we speak to Austin Ramzy about his own experience of having to leave the country because of a story
Chinese threats sent to UK homes
Anonymous, threatening letters are being sent to UK homes to try to stop activities that the Chinese government disapproves of. Jemimah Steinfeld investigates
Early Index supporter Louis Blom-Cooper dies aged 92
Index on Censorship is deeply saddened by the news that Louis Blom-Cooper
Contents: Trouble in paradise
The spring 2018 issue of Index on Censorship magazine takes a special look at how governments and other powers across the globe are manipulating history for their own ends
Podcast: Hay author special
We spoke to three leading authors – David Olusoga, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas – about taboos in their own countries, the issues that people are not talking enough about and the stories that might be currently manipulated
Jimmy Wales: Fake news “a quantum leap we should be very concerned about”
“The advertising-only business model has been incredibly destructive for journalism,” said Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at a Westminster Media Forum event on “fake news”
Podcast: Prague Spring to today
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The winter issue of Index on Censorship looks at the state of protest 50 years after 1968, the year the world took to the streets. The...
Contents: What price protest?
In homage to the 50th anniversary of 1968, the year the world took to the streets, the winter issue of Index on Censorship magazine looks at all aspects related to protest.
Negotiating the nipple cover-up
In the Autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine, we explore the censorship of the female nipple, which occurs offline and on in many areas around the world.