The brutal murder of the Southend MP is an attack on democracy
Sir David Amess: 26 March 1952 – 15 October 2021
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Letter to US Attorney General on Julian Assange
Index joins other organisations in expressing concern over extradition proceedings against Wikileaks founder
Index condemns lawsuits brought by ENRC against Tom Burgis
We join with 14 other organisations to condemn legal action against the journalist, the Financial Times and HarperCollins in London
Contents – Climate of fear: The silencing of the planet’s indigenous peoples
The Autumn issue of Index magazine focuses on the struggle for environmental justice by indigenous campaigners. Anticipating the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, in November, we've chosen to give voice to people who are...
Trustees’ Award 2021
Arif Ahmed is a free speech activist and a fellow of Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge and is the winner of the 2021 Freedom of Expression Trustees’ Award
Champions of free expression celebrated at Index on Censorship awards
Winners from Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and the UK named at ceremony
Secret agenda
A reform of the UK’s Official Secrets Act would mean that journalists with confidential documents could face harsher penalties than the spies who handed them over, reports Martin Bright
Are we becoming Hungary-lite?
Jolyon Rubinstein fears a British legislative agenda that could stifle protest, satire and the very foundations of democracy
Government’s Online Safety Bill will be “catastrophic for ordinary people’s freedom of speech” says David Davis MP
Leading experts brand Government’s Bill “catastrophic” at press conference today
The free speech Euros: Group D
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...