[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...
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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
“Tanzanians want democracy, respect for their basic human rights and dignity” – Tundu Lissu
The Tanzanian opposition leader, who has been forced to flee the country, talks to Index about the recent election
“Between the devil and the deep blue sea” – how Nigeria is looking to move forward from the #endSARS protests
Young Nigerians are coming together to make sure their voices heard
Tanzania: will Magufuli return to power in free and fair elections?
The polls say that the country’s incumbent president will get a second term but will the result be rigged?
Ruth Smeeth: “From Ethiopia to Hong Kong, we will not abandon you”
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La vida de un periodista del Gobierno en Eritrea: la verdad sobre trabajar en un periódico gubernamental firmemente censurado
Abraham T. Zere comenzó su carrera en un periódico del Gobierno después de que se prohibieran todos los medios de comunicación independientes. Exiliado ahora en EE. UU., revela los peligros a los que se enfrentan los redactores en el “país más censurado del mundo”
Index on Censorship calls for release of Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera
Index on Censorship calls for the release of Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera who has been held in prison for two months
Urgent appeal in relation to the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore, Nigerian journalist and human rights defender
48 human rights and press freedom organisations have lodged an urgent appeal in relation to the arrest and arbitrary detention of Nigerian journalist and human rights defender Omoyele Sowore
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.