Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are brought by powerful and wealthy entities against public watchdogs in an effort to compel them to withhold or remove critical coverage, even if it is accurate and in the public interest....
Activists in Greece protesting China’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in 2022 were arrested
The UK Royal Family’s obsession with secrecy is blurring history and making it hard for us to get the full picture
As part of our special report Index sent a survey to 28 historians and journalists who work with archives related to the Royal Family. We received 10 responses. The majority wanted to remain anonymous – interesting in and of itself
A historian has paid dearly in his quest to access archives on Mountbatten, which should have been readily available. Here he writes about the personal toll
We trawled through hundreds of blocked archives on the UK Royal Family to present a flavour of what is off limits
Australian authorities are dramatically ramping up the sentences faced by peaceful climate crisis protesters
The Metropolitan Police has made hundreds of requests to remove online content in the past year. Every single one of them related to drill music. This is dangerously close to systemic racism, believes Shereener Browne
Choose from our shortlist of 12 despots and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year
Major new investigation from Index on Censorship reveals the scale and reach of the CCP’s international soft power push across the European arts landscape
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship