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Iran: Revolution – yes, Freedom – no

by Index on Censorship | 1 Jun 1981

In this issue, Leila Saeed investigates the results of the 1979 revolution in Iran and what it means for freedom under the Shah.

China: The Peking spring

by Index on Censorship | 1 Apr 1981

In this issue, Index publishes excerpts from Wei Jinsheng’s unfinished autobiographical account of the ‘Great Cultural Revolution.’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Hugh Lunghi Over thirty years ago, in 1946, the United Nations solemnly resolved that 'freedom of information is a fundamental human right and the touchstone of all the freedoms'. The newborn UN Educational,...

UNESCO’s threat to press freedom

by Index on Censorship | 1 Feb 1981

The concept of a free press and the press as a tool of government will be formally resumed by UNESCO. Journalists Frank Barber and Raphael Mergui discuss.

Libya: Criticise & be killed

by Index on Censorship | 1 Dec 1980

In this issue, Index investigates repression in Libya and abroad.

Human rights in the USA

by Index on Censorship | 1 Oct 1980

In this issue, Index investigates how human rights are respected in the United States.

Introduction to the special Soviet issue

by Index on Censorship | 15 Aug 1980

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Michael Scammell Ever since Index on Censorship started publication eight years ago (and of course for many decades before that) the Soviet Union has been the world’s leading exponent of techniques of...

USSR

by Index on Censorship | 1 Aug 1980

In this issue, Index examines the machinery of repression and control through authors who lived most or all of their lives in the Soviet Union.

Introduction to special issue on Africa

by Index on Censorship | 15 Jun 1980

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Ahmed Rajab We devote a large part of this issue to dissent in literature and the arts in Africa, and the response to it by the ruling circles in a number of countries. This may seem an ambitious project in...