“There have been deaths in the country, there are members of the military involved in extrajudicial executions, there is a culture of murdering people.”
Wendy Funes defies pressures to silence Honduran journalists
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This week at Index: Who are your free speech heroes?
You have just until 24 September to tell us about your free speech champions.
Bahrain: Ali Mushaima vows to continue fighting for his imprisoned father
Outside the Bahraini Embassy, Mushaima also expressed his gratitude towards MPs such as Caroline Lucas and Ian Blackford for raising his father’s case
Turkey’s thought-provoking playwrights, actors and directors have little choice but to become exiles
For Turkish director and actor Memet Ali Alabora, theatre is about creating an environment in which the audience is encouraged to think, react and reflect
How fact and fiction come together in the age of unreason
Using fiction and stories to influence society is nothing new, but facts are needed to drive the most powerful campaigns, argues Rachael Jolley
Black and banned: Who is free speech for?
Is free speech a way to promote unheard and under-represented voices and perspectives, or is it a tool wielded by extremists and supremacists?
Violence, corruption and censorship: The realities of being a journalist in Bulgaria
Under increasing pressure from the government and a media environment becoming more and more censored, journalists within Bulgaria are finding themselves in danger
Authors send letter to His Royal Highness Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Leading writers including Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Claire Tomalin have signed an open letter to the king of Bahrain urging him to intervene in the case of a political prisoner being denied the right to read in jail.
Podcast: The Age of Unreason
Are facts under attack? We explore this question in the Autumn issue of Index on Censorship magazine.
Academic’s indictment reflects the Turkish government’s criminalisation of free speech
Despite the lifting of the state of emergency in July, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations continue.
