Activists in Greece protesting China’s hosting of the Winter Olympics in 2022 were arrested
CCP undermining the right to protest in the birthplace of European democracy
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Iran protests: “Mahsa” Amini does not exist
The name of the woman murdered by Iran’s “morality police” was Jina Amini but Kurds in the country cannot use their real names, says British-Kurdish writer and organiser Elif Sarican
Online Safety Bill edges forwards but issues remain
The algorithmic censorship of content and the threat to end-to-end encryption need addressing
Ordinary people, extraordinary times
Our CEO Ruth Anderson reflects on the theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day
Those who refuse to despair
Today, 27 January, is the birthday of our former colleague Andrei Aliaksandrau, another one spent in jail thanks to his opposition to the regime of dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus
New play gives a voice to the forgotten Crimean Tatars
The powerful work tells the stories of indigenous Tatar dissidents and their families on the Russian-occupied peninsula
Major new global free expression index sees UK ranking stumble across academic, digital and media freedom
A major new global ranking index tracking the state of free expression is published today
How to request access to closed files on the Royal Family
Help Index on Censorship in its campaign to #EndRoyalSecrecy
Royal secrecy surveyed
As part of our special report Index sent a survey to 28 historians and journalists who work with archives related to the Royal Family. We received 10 responses. The majority wanted to remain anonymous – interesting in and of itself
Cause for alarm: Author Zinovy Zinik in conversation with Martin Bright
Pushkin House invites you to a joint celebration of Zinovy Zinik’s collection of short stories No Cause for Alarm (2022) and the winter issue of the Index on Censorship magazine, which features one of his stories. The publication of Zinovy Zinik’s...