[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,...
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.
In this issue, Index investigates repression in Libya and abroad.
In this issue, Index investigates how human rights are respected in the United States.
[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...
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.
[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...
In this issue, Index examines dissent in literature and the arts in Africa, and the response to it by the ruling circles in a number of countries.
In this issue, Malcolm Coad examines the gradual revival of Chilean film by exiled film-makers after seven years of military rule
In this issue, Index examines the Chinese Communist Party’s cultural policy since its accession to power in 1949.
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