The Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Law regulations introduced this year are some of the most repressive anywhere
Tyrant of the year 2025: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada
read more
CATEGORY: Afghanistan
Who is 2025’s Tyrant of the Year?
Choose from our shortlist of 10 authoritarian leaders and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
We live beneath a dark roof: what it means to be an Afghan woman today
In this, the first of our Letters from Afghan Women, one writer believes she will stand, fight and build a brighter, more progressive Afghanistan
The week in free expression 17 October – 24 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression 10 October – 17 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
The week in free expression 26 September – 3 October
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Contents – Land of the Free? Trump’s war on speech at home and abroad
Contents
Afghans at risk on all fronts
Data leaks and deportations show that more protection is needed
The week in free expression: 12 – 18 July 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Escaping Afghanistan was painful but staying meant silence – or worse
As an exiled journalist, I urge the UK government to provide real protection for those forced to flee their countries for telling the truth