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CATEGORY: Americas
“We know more about what is happening to protestors in Myanmar than in Cuba”
The view of the island as a socialist idyll is far from the truth
Daniel Ellsberg: The original whistleblower
The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, which revealed the extent of US involvement in Vietnam during five presidencies , speaks to Index
Right for US students to speak freely off campus upheld
Mahanoy Area High School student Brandi Levy wins Supreme Court case after a profanity-laced post on Snapchat at a local convenience store
The world must look beyond Cuba’s carefully manufactured PR image
It is important that Western human rights organisations do not allow the distorted image of Cuba as a tropical socialist outpost to muddy their thinking
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
Pentagon Papers: Daniel Ellsberg speaks 50 years on
It is five decades since a government whistleblower leaked a 7,000-page report into US involvement in Vietnam
Anti-Ha: an exclusive short story by Shalom Auslander
The American author talks about laughter and the power to subvert
George Floyd: what has changed one year on?
It is 12 months since police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes leading to his death and sparking protests around the world
Standing up to a global oil giant
Celebrated author Ma Jian reflects on the terrible legacy of the Chinese Communist Party in its centenary year