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
Secrets, lies and a costly legal battle
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CATEGORY: Campaigns
What the royals don’t want us to see
We trawled through hundreds of blocked archives on the UK Royal Family to present a flavour of what is off limits
New South Wales’ chilling landscape for environmental protest
Australian authorities are dramatically ramping up the sentences faced by peaceful climate crisis protesters
An insidious and unlegislated form of policing?
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
Who is 2022’s Tyrant of the Year?
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
Landmark report finds China using arts “to silence critics and drive censorship”
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
New report on China’s influence on the world of art
A new report demonstrates how the Chinese Communist Party uses art to extend the reach of censorship into cities across Europe
Letter to Justice Secretary: Adoption of a UK Anti-SLAPP Law
Editors, journalists, lawyers and academics write to Dominic Raab to express support for the Model UK Anti-SLAPP Law launched by the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition
Junket journalism is taking off in China
China’s attempts to woo foreign journalists and bloggers in bid to control conversation
Banned by Beijing: Artistic Freedom and CCP Censorship in Europe
“How to protect the freedom of the individual, including that of the artist, when the limits of government power are ever expanding, is a question for the whole world.” Chiang Seeta, exiled Chinese artist living in France Despite the strong focus...
Petitions, letters, and press releases from Index on Censorship