The nation’s natural resources are being plundered and it’s those doing the damage who are being protected
CATEGORY: Africa
Contents – Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples
The Autumn issue of Index magazine focuses on the struggle for environmental justice by indigenous campaigners. Anticipating the United Nations...
Index on Censorship condemns lawsuit against journalist and author Oliver Bullough
Council of Europe media alert filed condemning legal action against the author of Moneyland
Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards
Winners from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and the UK named at ceremony
Why journalists need emergency safe havens
Journalists tell Index how a new type of visa is vital to protect lives and stop media censorship. Rachael Jolley reports
Contents – Whistleblowers: the lifeblood of democracy
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Index's new issue of the magazine looks at the importance of whistleblowers in upholding our democracies....
Index on Censorship announces shortlist for 2021 Freedom of Expression Awards
Imprisoned Egyptian human rights campaigner, Russian feminist performance artist, and persecuted Djiboutian journalists among the shortlisted candidates
Burkina Faso’s media freedom under attack
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burkina Faso is supposedly one of Africa’s gems when it comes to press freedom. In a continent full of countries...
Contents – China’s global brand: a century of silencing dissent
Index looks back on 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party and how their censorship laws continue to shape the lives of people around the world...
Equatorial Guinea: Journalist Delfin Mocache Massoko facing threats over corruption investigation
South African court demands apology from lawyer linked to country’s ruling Obiang family
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.