When Slaughterhouse-Five was burned by a North Dakota school, its writer acted. Half a century later Nanette Vonnegut is also challenging book bans
Kurt Vonnegut’s daughter is following in his footsteps
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CATEGORY: Americas
China’s Xi is everything Trump aspires to be
The US President’s praise of the Chinese leader underscores his fascination with authoritarian rulers
Index honours Virginia Giuffre and Sarah Wynn-Williams with the Freedom to Publish Award
The authors were awarded for their bravery in standing up to rich and powerful people
From Belarus to Gaza we continue to bear witness to the unprecedented attacks on journalists globally
On World Press Freedom Day, Index renews calls for the protection of journalists worldwide
The postponement of RightsCon: Another case of the dragon’s hold on Africa?
The event was due to be held in a venue partly funded by China and follows a Zambian environmental disaster involving a Chinese state firm
The violent silencing of Mexican people
Witnesses to the recent shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation
Contents – The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illiberal vision is seducing the western world
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Smearing, harassing, criminalising and killing is no longer the exception for journalists
Read below former Index CEO and now the chief executive of the Committee to Project Journalists Jodie Ginsberg’s powerful James Cameron Memorial Lecture delivered before the targeted killing this week by Israeli forces of a three-strong Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese television crew
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