New rules cannot come fast enough as Kazakhstan university endowment fund associated with former president issues legal proceedings against UK media outlets
CATEGORY: Campaigns
UN report cites serious human rights violations in Xinjiang but ultimately fails the Uyghurs
The UN Human Rights Office report on China’s activities in the region has finally been published after long delays and on the day the High Commissioner ends her term
Where poetry is labelled extremism
The removal of the Rajapaksa clan will not solve Sri Lanka’s deeply ingrained problem with corruption and the repression of dissent
Shanghai lockdown shows how far Xi will go to control population
Criticism of China’s Covid-Zero policy is being censored online
Keeping watch on China
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
Index reiterates its support for Carole Cadwalladr as she faces SLAPP trial
We join seventeen other organisations in supporting the award-winning journalist who is facing a week-long defamation trial in London this week
“I wrote a play then lost my home, my husband and my trust”
Turkish playwright Meltem Arikan’s Mi Minör was blamed for the seminal Gezi Park protests that convulsed Istanbul
Censorship is still in the script
In June 2015, a national newspaper in Britain started a campaign to have a play banned. This surprised me for two reasons. One: clearly no one had...
Testament to the power of theatre as rebellion
The Belarus Free Theatre, whose 16 members have now gone into exile to escape the Lukashenka regime, are preparing to perform at the Barbican in London in 2022
Contents – Playing with fire: how theatre is resisting the oppressor
The Winter issue of Index magazine highlights the battles fought by theatre of resistance across the world and how they've been enduring different...
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship