The Olympic Games have a history of protest, but China is going out of its way to stop that. With growing concern over the Uyghurs and Hong Kong we look at how likely they are to win
“Not speaking out causes guilt; but speaking out causes fear.” - anonymous Uyghur woman Despite being far outside China's borders, in a region synonymous with human rights, rule of law, and democracy, many Uyghurs in Europe refrain from publicly...
Aggression against protestors in Kazakhstan, hunger in Afghanistan and Covid deaths continue despite the scandals
As British MPs are warned over a Chinese national seeking influence in the UK parliament, Index continues to shine a light on the CCP’s activities globally
Nathan Law, one of the leaders of Hong Kong’s protest movement, is convinced that the repression will not last forever. Here we publish an extract from his new book
Many journalists – women in particular – have fled the Taliban or are in hiding from the brutal regime
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...
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing to four years in prison of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and calls for all charges to be dropped. She was convincted of incitement and also of breaking Covid regulations during the campaign for the...
The individual who has been voted the most oppressive in 2021 by Index readers has been named
The silence that usually follows human rights violations is notably absent in the sports star’s mysterious disappearance