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The abuse of history

by Index on Censorship | 4 Apr 2018

he spring 2018 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores how across the globe, governments and various groups are using their powers to change their narratives – and manipulate history. Lucy Worsley talks about the Tudor Court and Margaret MacMillan discusses how Germany rewrote its past in the interwar period. Louisa Lim says she wouldn’t be able to write her critically acclaimed book on the Tiananmen Square Massacre today. And Irene Caselli meets the duo behind a museum in Cuba seeking to readdress the country’s dissident past. Elsewhere in the magazine bestselling Palestinian author Abbad Yahya talks to Index about the threats against his life, Laura Silvia Battaglia examines how refugees in Italy are self-censoring themselves in order to fit into their new society and ahead of the release of her new book, award-winning author Christie Watson writes an exclusive short story for Index.

What price protest?

by Index on Censorship | 5 Dec 2017

The winter 2017 Index on Censorship magazine explores 1968 – the year the world took to the streets – to discover whether our rights to protest are endangered today. Micah White proposes a novel way for protest to remain relevant. Author and journalist Robert McCrum revisits the Prague Spring to ask whether it is still remembered. Award-winning author Ariel Dorfman’s new short story — Shakespeare, Cervantes and spies — has it all. Anuradha Roy writes that tired of being harassed and treated as second class citizens, Indian women are taking to the streets. Editorial: Poor excuses for not protecting protest

Free to air

by Index on Censorship | 12 Sep 2017

The autumn 2017 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores the enduring power of radio, the most accessible form of media that continues to contribute to freedoms throughout the world.
Wana Udobang and Xinran discuss their experiences as radio hosts in Nigeria and China respectively, where the medium allowed people to open up in ways they wouldn’t otherwise. Ismail Einashe interviews the radio journalists in Somalia who report independently, while Mark Frary shows how the ascent of the podcast has been instrumental in countries including North Korea.

100 years on

by Index on Censorship | 19 Jun 2017

The summer 2017 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores how the consequences of the 1917 Russian Revolution still affect freedoms today, in Russia and around the world. Andrei Arkhangelsky argues that the Soviet impulse to censor never left Russia, North Korea art expert BG Muhn shows how the nation’s art was initially, at least, affected by the USSR, and Nina Khrushcheva, a great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, reflects on the Soviet echoes in Trump’s use of the phrase “enemies of the people”.

The big squeeze

by Index on Censorship | 2 Apr 2017

The spring 2017 issue of Index on Censorship magazine looks at how pressures on free speech are currently coming from many different angles, not just one. Don’t miss our special feature on how to spot fake news, articles from former BBC World Service director Richard Sambrook and former UK attorney general Dominic Grieve, an exclusive interview with the Spanish puppeteer arrested last year, and fiction from award-winning writer Karim Miské.

Fashion rules

by Index on Censorship | 16 Dec 2016

nterviews with Lily Cole, Paulo Scott and Daphne Selfe, articles by novelists Linda Grant and Maggie Alderson plus Eliza Vitri Handayani on why punks are persecuted in Indonesia. Special report on clothes and freedom, how Shakespeare challenges the censors, and assessing Correa’s free speech heritage.

The unnamed

by Ipulse Design | 7 Nov 2016

The autumn 2016 Index on Censorship magazine explores anonymity through a range of in-depth features, interviews and illustrations from around the world. Contributors include former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, journalist John Lloyd, Bangladeshi blogger Ananya Azad and philosopher Julian Baggini. This issue also has a thoughtful essay by novelist Hilary Mantel and illustrations by Molly Crabapple.

Danger in truth: truth in danger

by Ipulse Design | 7 May 2016

Index on Censorship has dedicated its milestone 250th issue to exploring the increasing threats to reporters worldwide. Its special report, Danger in Truth: Truth in Danger, Journalists Under Fire and Under Pressure explores why journalism has become so dangerous.

Staging Shakespearean dissent

by Index on Censorship | 7 Feb 2016

This year brings the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and Index on Censorship is marking it with a special issue of our award-winning magazine, looking at how his plays have been used around the world to sneak past censors or take on the authorities – often without them realising. Our special report explores how different countries use different plays to tackle difficult themes.

Spies, Secerts and Lies

by Ipulse Design | 7 Sep 2015

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