Index on Censorship Press Releases Archive

Index on Censorship announces 2025 Freedom of Expression awards shortlist

by Index on Censorship | 13 Oct 2025

Artists, campaigners and journalists from Palestine, Nigeria and Venezuela among those nominated for the Freedom of Expression Awards

Index on Censorship announces 2024 Freedom of Expression award shortlist

by Index on Censorship | 4 Nov 2024

At a time of growing conflict, threats and censorship, the shortlist for this year’s Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression award highlights the courageous work carried out by individuals and organisations around the world to defend free expression, the right to know and oppose censorship

Iran: Complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in response to the ongoing judicial persecution of Toomaj Salehi

by Index on Censorship | 24 Jul 2024

Index on Censorship, Human Rights Foundation and Doughty Street Chambers make submission on behalf of rapper’s family

Urgent appeal filed with United Nations for Iranian rapper sentenced to death for his music

by Index on Censorship | 3 May 2024

Toomaj Salehi, who was beaten and tortured in jail, has just 20 days to appeal charges of “corruption on Earth”

Index on Censorship appoints Jemimah Steinfeld as its new Chief Executive Officer

by Index on Censorship | 10 Apr 2024

Steinfeld will succeed Ruth Anderson, who is leaving Index to focus on her role as a Labour Party shadow minister in the House of Lords

Index on Censorship host event Beijing would rather you didn’t see

by Index on Censorship | 21 Jun 2023

Hear from Uyghur campaigner Rahima Mahmut and see art from Badiucao, Lumli Lumlong and vawongsir

Landmark report finds China using arts “to silence critics and drive censorship”

by Index on Censorship | 1 Dec 2022

Major new investigation from Index on Censorship reveals the scale and reach of the CCP’s international soft power push across the European arts landscape