The Winter issue of Index magazine highlights the battles fought by theatre of resistance across the world and how they've been enduring different forms of censorship. Writer Jonathan Maitland dives deeply into the history of theatre censorship in...
CATEGORY: Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s freedoms under further attack as ‘Captain America’ is jailed
Five year and nine month sentence for protestor raises fears over retrospective action of national security law

Sharing the stories that need to be told
Index’s CEO looks ahead to this weekend’s Freedom of Expression Awards

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

Why we must not change the channel
The news from countries around the globe is appalling but we need to bear witness

Contents – Whistleblowers: the lifeblood of democracy
Index's new issue of the magazine looks at the importance of whistleblowers in upholding our democracies. Featured are stories such as the case of Reality Winner, written by her sister Brittany. Despite being released from prison, the former...

As Apple Daily looks set to close down, speech crime comes to Hong Kong
The national security law has been used against journalists for the first time

Why journalists and dissidents turn to Telegram
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As you scroll through your Telegram feed, one image jumps out. It shows crowds of young Hong Kongers, all dressed in black, at a protest, holding their smartphones aloft like virtual cigarette lighters from a...

“Tiananmen Square cemented my commitment to equality and justice”
Our CEO Ruth Smeeth was just nine when the image of Tank Man echoed around the world but it changed her views forever

Tiananmen candlelights a sight too beautiful to last
Hong Kong will be dark on the anniversary of the massacre this 4 June as the National Security Law bites