Index on Censorship started at the front line of an ideological war
Dissidents, spies and the lies that came in from the cold
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Index condemns lawsuit against Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins
21 organisations say lawsuit issued by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a SLAPP
Switching from cute animals to war: A Ukrainian children’s author speaks out
Kateryna Yegorushkina is a Ukrainian children’s writer and publisher from a town close to Kyiv. Here, in our second video on the state of free expression in Ukraine, Kateryna speaks of her own situation as a writer and mother. She also draws...
The images that stick with us forever
A desperate Ukrainian mother has written details of who to contact in the event of her death on her young daughter’s back
Today’s dissidents in Russia: tech savvy and willing to risk it all
Despite the huge risks attached to defying Putin, a handful of Russians are still speaking up. We profile six here
As Russia wages war, Index reflects on its beginnings
Sir Trevor Phillips and Jonathan Dimbleby discussed the challenges to freedom of expression at our 50th birthday party
Call for an end to beatings and abductions of journalists and protesters in Ukraine
Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Centre for Civil Liberties in Kyiv, condemns the actions of Russian troops
Andrei Kurkov on Russia’s war against Ukrainian culture
Anyone who believes that Ukraine should remain independent and become part of Europe is already an enemy of Russia, says the celebrated author
The Buena Vista Social v The Kremlin
The empty chairs at the empty tables in a journalists’ hangout in Kyiv are a tribute to the ultimate price paid for free expression
“We will not be intimidated by people who do not like what we stand for”
Our CEO Ruth Smeeth reflects on the passing of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright