As UK Home Secretary Theresa May pushes for more anti-terror powers, Charley Kai John sketches a nightmare vision of the impact on campuses
Free thought on campus: nothing to see here
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Padraig Reidy: Who can speak and who must be silent?
Ask yourself: would it be better to have a society where people argued against me, or would I prefer a society where the authorities were entitled to decide what I should and should not say?
Recap report: ArtFreedomWales free speech hearing
On 27 November Index on Censorship hosted a free speech hearing at the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff to ask the question: is Wales enjoying its right to artistic freedom of expression?
Padraig Reidy: Let’s ban the word “internet”
We have to stop thinking about things happening “on the internet”, when it’s simply part of human interaction for millions
Recap report: Is it ever better to censor than to cause offence?
Index on Censorship and the Bush Theatre organised a debate as a part of the RADAR Festival, to explore the rights of the artist to free expression and to examine the role of arts institutions in defending and promoting free expression
Padraig Reidy: The Soviet Union may be dead, but Soviet disinformation tactics remain
The Kremlin is playing the same games now as it did in its darkest days. Democrats should be ready to fight back.
Art and Conflict: The arts play a vital role in armed conflict
Art and Conflict is the result of a year-long research enquiry, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, exploring the extraordinary work of contemporary artists, activists and cultural organisations in the context of armed conflict, revolution and post-conflict.
Royal Albert Hall and Latvian music festival drawn into Russian culture war
At first glance, Latvia’s New Wave music festival and the iconic London concert hall might seem to have little in common. But both have recently been embroiled in the fallout from the crisis in Ukraine, James Montague reports
Recap report: Index gets censored in Wigan
Index held a successful workshop with the north west contingent of the British Youth Council, despite the inability to access our own website because of internet filtering at the location. Index held a third Draw the Line workshop with the British...
Padraig Reidy: Sympathy for the devil
The very personification of evil is invoked more often than not by those who wish to see his hand in simple things they do not like or do not understand